Morning Sensory Dysregulation
How to turn morning meltdowns into happy starts for your highly sensitive child.
Category Sensitive & Intense
How To Know If Your Child Needs a Diagnosis or Extra Support | Ep. 122
Have you ever wondered, “What’s going on with my child? Is this ‘normal’ behavior, or is there something more going on?” If you’ve asked these questions, you may be wondering if it’s worth seeking a diagnosis for your struggling child. …
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My Child Freaks Out Easily | Ep. 106
And what can I do to make it stop?
50 Self-Regulation Activities To Empower Your Child To Calm
Self-regulation. Emotional regulation. You want to help your child get to an emotionally calm place when conflict happens. But it is so discouraging when, instead, the conflict spirals out of control. Have you ever wished you had a go-to list…
Two Powerful Parenting Strategies To Help Your Highly Sensitive Child Thrive
Do you have an “over-the-top” challenging child? If so, it probably means that your child has high sensory or emotional sensitivity or both! And along with sensitivity is almost always higher anxiety and intensity. It’s important to distinguish and understand…
How to Teach Your Child Not to Be Scared | Ep. 39
How do you teach your child not to be scared? Bedtime, meals, learning at home, performance anxiety, and separation anxiety can all be sources of anxiety for kids. This is especially true for kids who may be highly sensitive. Kids…
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Demanding Kids: “I Want 2 Stories, 5 Kisses, and 10 Hugs”
“I want that toy!”“I need more kisses!”“I want these jeans!” Kids of all ages can get laser focused onto the thing they just have to have. They often use this focus to hold parents hostage, with a meltdown lurking right…
Our top 5 posts of 2017
Every day, the staff of Connected Families goes to work, seeking the wisdom of God, and shaping our resources to fit what we think our readers, parents like you, need most. We spend hours writing, editing, and discussing our content,…
First Step to Helping Intense Kids
If you have an intense child (or know someone who does), watch this short video, produced in partnership with FamilyLife Canada. You’ll learn what might be going on with your intense child that is driving his/her difficulty. And then make sure to…
Do You Offer Empowering or Trapping Choices?
You’ve likely heard the wise advice to give two choices to help empower kids and significantly decrease power struggles. What you may not have heard is how kids often feel “trapped” by the choices parents present to them. In partnership…