A review by dreamfounder
The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them by Elaine N. Aron

4.0

A helpful overview of the HSC (highly sensitive child), Which includes 15-20% of children. Most of the book, however, focuses on the more common type of HSC, the "shy" kids (I'm not supposed to call them that). My child is in the 30% of HSC that are outgoing and social, but also highly emotional, explosive, resistive to change, and hyper aware of details, sounds, etc. the "drama queens". So while I learned a lot from the book, not a ton of the practical advice in it applied to me. The only section explicitly aimed at parents of my daughter's type can more or less be summed up as "you are so screwed... But your kid will turn out pretty cool if you all survive their childhood". Still, I did get a lot of insight into the way my girl sees he world, and some tips on how to work around her temperament. I also discovered I'm probably an outgoing HSP myself, so... Sorry mom.