Emotional Sensitivity
Wednesday August 23, 2006
"Nooooo!" your child wails after she learns her friend can't come over to play. Her reaction seems to you quite out of proportion, more like a reaction she would have after learning her friend has just moved to another continent - or another planet. You tell her it's not the end of the world, but she clearly doesn't believe you as she continues sobbing her heart out. While it may seem your child is over-reacting and being melodramatic, her feelings are very likely deep and painful. Like many gifted children, she probably has what psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski called Emotional Overexcitability or Supersensitivity. Can anything be done to help super-sensitive children? Yes, parents can try to understand this sensitivity and to learn how to support their emotionally sensitive children.
While many gifted children are extremely sensitive, not all are. Let's see how many of our children are super-sensitive!
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While many gifted children are extremely sensitive, not all are. Let's see how many of our children are super-sensitive!
Poll: Is your child exceptionally sensitive?
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Comments
Wow! That was some very interesting and very informative blog! I didn’t know that when kids cry over something like a loss doll or a loss friend. There might be something wrong with them. You really have taught me something today.
There is nothing wrong with these highly sensitive children. That is really the point. Their supersensitivities are just part of who they are!