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Is Your Child Overly Sensitive?
February 11th, 2014
Dealing with a sensitive child isn't easy. Try these five ways to cope and give your child – and your relationship – a boost.
by: Jennifer Kolari
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ighly sensitive children can be wonderful, but challenging to parent. They are emotionally delicate in many ways and as parents we worry about their ability to cope in the world with everyday struggles. Often these highly sensitive children are very intelligent and many are gifted. Here's how to tell if you are parenting a sensitive child and how to deal with his emotions:Do You Have a Sensitive Child?
Here are 7 signs of a sensitive child. If some of these describe your child, chances are they are highly sensitive.
- Your child tends to give up quickly and melts down when they can’t master something right away.
- Your child is often highly anxious and struggles with peers
- Child may have tactile issues, such as getting very upset over the feeling of a bump in their sock or a tag in their shirt.
- Child may have big reactions to tastes they don’t like or overreact to voices, reporting that people are yelling at them when they are not.
- Child may have trouble sleeping and self soothing.
- Child is dramatic and gets incredibly upset, and is difficult to soothe.
- Child tends to worry about things before they happen.
It can be incredibly frustrating to parent such a reactive child. It is very difficult to help them learn to calm themselves and organize their big feelings, but very important that they learn to master this ability and develop resilience.
