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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

Recommended Books 

Recommended book on parenting a highly sensitive child - resources for parents

Essential Books for Parents of Highly Sensitive Children

  • The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron

  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman

  • The Orchid and the Dandelion by W. Thomas Boyce

  • Self-Reg by Stuart Shanker

  • Parenting a Highly Sensitive Child by Magdalena Lindberg

Many highly sensitive children are also gifted or neurodivergent. These resources help parents avoid pathologizing sensitivity while still supporting executive function and learning needs.

Smart and sensitive child book - recommended reading for parents of gifted sensitive children

Gifted, ADHD, and Neurodivergent-Sensitive Children

  • Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children by James Webb

  • Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson

  • NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman

Child-friendly tools that normalize emotions

Children's book on emotional sensitivity - resource for parents raising sensitive kids

Books for Highly Sensitive Children

  • Be Mindful of Monsters

  • My Body Sends a Signal

  • The Invisible String

Resources are continuing to expand...

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