A trusted guide for parents of highly sensitive children
Parenting a highly sensitive child can feel overwhelming, especially when advice is scattered or contradictory. This page brings together research-backed, practical, and compassionate resources to help you understand sensitivity, support emotional regulation, and nurture your child's strengths with confidence.
Help for the hard moments with your sensitive, gifted child
A 12-page guide for you and an 8-page activity workbook for your child, ages 6 to 13.
Is your child highly sensitive?
Dr. Elaine Aron's questionnaire for parents is a quick, research-based first check. It is not a diagnosis. It is a way to name what you may already be seeing.
Essential books for parents of highly sensitive children
- The Highly Sensitive ChildElaine Aron
- Raising an Emotionally Intelligent ChildJohn Gottman
- The Orchid and the DandelionW. Thomas Boyce
- Self-RegStuart Shanker
- Parenting a Highly Sensitive ChildMagdalena Lindberg
When sensitivity and neurodivergence overlap
Many highly sensitive children are also gifted or neurodivergent. These resources help parents avoid pathologizing sensitivity while still supporting executive function and learning needs.
- Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and AdultsJames Webb
- Smart but ScatteredPeg Dawson and Richard Guare
- NeuroTribesSteve Silberman
Child-friendly tools that normalize emotions
- Be Mindful of MonstersLauren Stockly
- My Body Sends a SignalNatalia Maguire
- The Invisible StringPatrice Karst
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