Parent Your Highly Sensitive Child Like A Ninja

Nov 01 2024 235 ep. 31 mins 43

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You are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to gain skills that will help you feel capable and confident disciplining your child or teen while helping them feel understood in a world that says they are "too much". Each week, Megghan Thompson, an experienced mental health therapist and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), dives into the topic of parenting highly sensitive children and teens. If you're ready to stop drowning in your child's explosive and out of control emotions and eliminate daily meltdowns, this show is for you.

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237. Should You Lock Up The Candy? (Try this instead)

Nov 01 2024 28 mins

Imagine this... It's the day after the fall festivities. Your sensitive child's treat bag is overflowing with candy. They've already had several meltdowns begging for "just one more piece". You've said no multiple times, but the badgering won't stop. You're at your wits end, ready to just lock up the candy stash and be done with it. But you wonder, is that really the best approach?

236. Stop Daily Meltdowns in Highly Sensitive Kids: An Innovative Parenting Approach

Oct 25 2024 12 mins

If you're parenting a highly sensitive child (HSC) who seems stuck in a cycle, you're in the right place! And while it may feel like you've tried everything to help them regulate, there are 3 key things you need to pay attention to in order to parent your sensitive kiddo creatively and effectively. Click the link below to register for our latest training: https://www.megghanthompso

235. Myth Busting: Stop “Attention Seeking” Seeking Behavior In Sensitive Kids

Oct 18 2024 44 mins

Imagine your child struggling to walk, falling down constantly at home, but miraculously having perfect coordination in public. You wouldn't assume they were just stumbling for attention, right? You'd know they genuinely needed help building that physical skill. Well, the same is true for emotional skills like regulation and distress tolerance. Meltdown behaviors at home (hitting,

234. Don't Parent Alone

Oct 11 2024 35 mins

I want to share a powerful story about one of our clients, a mom of two boys one of which was struggling with 2-3 meltdowns per day. She confided in us that she had been suffering in silence for months, too embarrassed to reach out for help because the meltdowns only happened at home. She thought since her kids held it together in public, it meant they were doing bett

233. The #1 Way Attachment Parenting Your Sensitive Kid Can Harm Your Marriage

Oct 04 2024 15 mins

Are you unknowingly making THIS critical mistake in your parenting that could be destroying your marriage? Many well-meaning parents who practice attachment-focused parenting fall into the trap of coddling their sensitive child. They save their child from ever experiencing negative emotions. They always put their child's needs above their own and their spouse's

232. Help Your Sensitive Kid Take Ownership Of Their Behavior And Receive Constructive Feedback

Sep 27 2024 22 mins

As a parent of a sensitive child, you know the heartache of watching them meltdown over seemingly small bits of constructive feedback. It's painful to see your kid react so strongly, and not know how to help them calmly receive guidance to grow. Here's what most parenting experts won't tell you: Your own ability to take feedback is directly tied to your sensiti

231. Helping Your Sensitive Kid Accept Responsibility

Sep 20 2024 44 mins

A little tooth sensitivity is easy to brush off. "It's not a big deal," you think. But beneath the surface, decay is silently eating away at the root. By the time you're wincing in pain with every bite, that little cavity is now a big, expensive root canal.Can you imagine parenting like that? Of course you would never neglect your kid’s tooth pain. Quick ques

230. Raising Resourceful Sensitive Kids Who Can Make It In The Workforce

Sep 06 2024 30 mins

Let's be real - if your sensitive child is having daily meltdowns, it's a glaring sign they haven't yet developed a resourceful identity. Resourcefulness is non-negotiable for your child's lifelong success and happiness. It's the key to resilience. If your child can't creatively solve problems or stay present when upset, they're stuck in the meltdown cycle. &nbs

229. How To Help Your Sensitive Kid To Open Up To You

Aug 31 2024 21 mins

As a parent of a highly sensitive child, you know the daily struggle of trying to get your kiddo to open up about their big feelings without triggering a meltdown. It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking: "My child just won't talk to ME about their emotions. They must need a professional to teach them how to self-regulate." I get it. When your attempts at emotiona

228. Preparing Your Sensitive Child For School

Aug 23 2024 22 mins

As an HSC parent, you've probably felt that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach as summer fades into fall. Another school year...another round of watching your bright, sensitive child struggle to stay afloat in a sea of overstimulation, misunderstanding, and meltdowns. You'd give anything to take away their pain and set them up for the success you KNOW they're