The Highly Intuitive Child
A Guide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Help Your Intuitive Child Thrive
Do you have a child who can walk into a room and feel “the vibe” instantly in their body? How about one who may tune into an unspoken conflict between family members or even make a remark to “be careful!” before you stumble upon a troubling situation. If so, you may be the parent of a highly intuitive, empathic child. All human beings possess intuition and empathy. Highly intuitive children (and adults) are born with a turbo-charge on this trait.
Life for these children can be challenging as they grow up in a culture that favors the rational and 5 physical senses. Parents, teachers and therapists can help these children shine with their 6th sense through the guidance outlined in this book. The Highly Intuitive Child demystifies the world of children’s intuition in a balanced way and offers practical advice on how to help these children thrive with their gift.
Contents Include:
• How to easily identify The Intuitive Child
• How life is different for highly intuitive, empathic kids
• The 10 skills intuitive kids need to master before leaving home
• The connections between neuroscience and the intuitive trait
• How to help intuitive kids learn the boundary skills they especially need
• Support tailored for the parents and families of highly intuitive kids
• How to help intuitive kids rebalance easily through the creative arts
• Learn about what inhibits intuitive kids at home, at school and in society
• Hear about what other cultures can teach us about supporting these children
• Success stories of adults who prove that it is never too late to learn how to fully benefit from their intuitive, empathic abilities.
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Crawford, a psychotherapist, approaches her topic from the perspective of a professional who has dealt with many intuitive children during the past 20 years, and also as an intuitive individual herself. Children who are highly intuitive and empathic, she explains, both present and face unique challenges, and parents who are not particularly intuitive themselves may be shocked, perplexed and even frightened by their offspring's unusual gifts. While certain indigenous cultures have long regarded intuitive children in a positive light (such as the Inuit and ancient Mayans), mainstream America and its parenting books have avoided the topic, the author claims. Crawford steps up to the plate, dealing with the intuitive child's difficulties at home and at school, and encouraging parents to offer love and acceptance. She explains that empathic children often take on the weight of the world, and may become overly stressed by and sensitive to injustice. In a useful chapter, Crawford outlines 10 important skills that parents can teach intuitive children ranging from learning how to tell the difference between random fears and intuition, to how to turn down the volume on "intuitive antennae." While Crawford's audience may be somewhat limited, she offers sincere support and practical information to parents searching to aid and more deeply understand their highly intuitive child.