How to parent a highly sensitive child
Kavita Srinivasan
“Don’t be scared”
“Just say no.”
I’ve said all of this and more to my son. I’ve thought worse.
I didn’t understand him. He was nothing like me. And it was frustrating. So I pushed him to do things with words I would later learn are sure-fire ways to push an anxious child over the edge.
Thankfully, he never complied. He would retreat further into himself when I pushed him. I saw signs of damage appear almost immediately. There was more fear, more anxiety… he would cry inconsolably if I so much as stood up. I didn’t know what I was doing wrong, till I finally did.