High sensitivity in everyday family life - Growing up in security

By Franziska Krebs – Growing Securely, Attachment Counselor. When you hear “my child is highly sensitive,” what do you think of first? Do you think of an emotional, empathetic, dreamy, weak child who often withdraws, crying and overstimulated? Or do you have a picture in your mind's eye of a young person who is thirsty for knowledge, active, communicative, and very talented and always looking for new challenges? Both descriptions are somewhat ex…