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Episode 2765:

Amanda van Mulligen explores how gentle discipline fosters emotional safety and growth in highly sensitive children, emphasizing that calm guidance teaches better than punishment. By recognizing their deep processing, strong sense of justice, and emotional intensity, parents can nurture resilience and mutual trust instead of fear and shame. Her insights remind caregivers to balance empathy with structure and to trust their intimate understanding of their child's temperament.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/highly-sensitive-child-gentle-discipline/

Quotes to ponder:

"Trust that you know your sensitive child best."

"Raised, stern voices cause stress and anxiety in highly sensitive children and in many highly sensitive adults, too, for that matter."

"Words cut deep, and a severe tone hits especially hard."

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