The Highly Intuitive Child

The Highly Intuitive Child: AGuide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children

Catherine Crawford

Copyright 2009

As I previously mentioned, I have been seeking out parenting books that will help me understand and help my four year old daughter who is very empathic/quick to internalize the emotions of other people, even things (if "things" can have emotions) .  Simply put, this book wasn’t exactly what we needed, but it did offer good advice for all parents struggling with their child's eccentricities.

 

By “highly intuitive and unusually sensitive,” Ms. Crawford meant children who have a sixth sense. Balk as much as you want to now (Trust me, I did.), but some of Ms. Crawford’s advice and prompts were very insightful and helpful, even for those of us without clairvoyants in the house.  She explained that it is important to help your child separate what is truly THEIR emotion and what they feel coming from others.  Or what seems to be our case, separating how Maia feels as opposed to what she thinks she would feel if she were in another person’s shoes.  Ms. Crawford also stressing the importance of maintaining your child’s “gift.”  After all, I think it is great that Maia, at 4, is willing/capable of seeing the effects her actions may have and want to foster this respect.

So all in all, the book was not what I expected. Nor was it a total bust. 

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