The Highly Intuitive Child A Guide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children

by Crawford, Catherine

• ISBN13: 9780897935098
• ISBN10: 0897935098
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-03
• Publisher: Hunter House

Summary

We are all sensitive, intuitive and empathic to one degree or another. But some of us are born more so. The highly intuitive child may pick up on unspoken issues in the home and take on the emotions of friends, absorb the mood in a classroom or in the world at large and even anticipate dangerous situations.

Author Biography

Catherine Crawford, mft, atr, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Art Therapist with 20 years of experience providing therapy to children and adults of all ages. In her private practice in Mountain View, California, she specializes in the unique needs of highly intuitive children and adults.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
My Experience	p. 3
My Inspiration for Writing this Book	p. 3
Pushing Past Barriers	p. 4
Indigo Children	p. 5
My Approach	p. 5
Some Limits to this Work	p. 6
An Invitation	p. 7
who is the highly intuitive child?	p. 8
Defining Intuition and Empathy	p. 9
A Gift Set to the "On" Position	p. 10
Stronger Intuition or Empathy Can Make a Difference	p. 10
Intuitive Thinkers vs. Intuitive Feelers	p. 11
Intuition in Action	p. 13
How Do You Know If You Have an Intuitive Child?	p. 17
The Strengths of Being an Intuitive Child	p. 18
How Your Parental Response to Your Children Impacts Their Lives	p. 20
Overview of the Ten Important Life Skills for Intuitive Children	p. 22
common challenges faced by intuitive children	p. 25
Telling the Difference Between Intuitions and Random Fears	p. 29
Telling the Truth and Protecting Our Children	p. 30
Challenges at School for the Intuitive Child	p. 32
Magical Thinking vs. Intuition	p. 32
Understanding the Intuitive Antenna	p. 34
Intuitive Children Tuning in to the Pain of the World	p. 39
stress and the intuitive child	p. 42
Your Stress Is My Stress	p. 42
Intuitive Empathy and Social Neuroscience Discoveries	p. 43
The Intuitive Child under Stress	p. 44
How to Spot Stress in an Intuitive Child	p. 45
Trouble Asking for Help	p. 47
How Collective Attitudes about Intuition Impact Children's Stress Levels	p. 48
Social Stress for Intuitive Children	p. 50
The Stress of Feeling Different	p. 52
The Importance of Safety in Helping Intuitive Children Manage Stress	p. 54
The Value of Meditation in Calming Children's Stress Levels	p. 55
Review of Calming the Intuitive Child's Stress	p. 56
when an intuitive child needs professional help	p. 58
Anxiety	p. 59
Depression	p. 61
The Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Question	p. 63
Sensory Processing Disorder	p. 65
Trauma and Intuitive Children	p. 66
Finding Help for Your Child	p. 67
the care and keeping of intuitive, empathic bodies	p. 68
The Body Doesn't Lie	p. 69
Teaching Children How to Trust Their Inner Yes and No	p. 70
Similarities to the Highly Sensitive Child	p. 71
What We Can Learn from Holistic Therapies	p. 72
Diet	p. 73
Exercise	p. 76
Sleep	p. 77
Home Energy Hygiene	p. 78
Additional Settling at Bedtime	p. 81
boundaries	p. 83
Ducks and Sponges: Why Some Children Need More Support in Learning How to Set Boundaries	p. 85
The Differences Between Intuitive and Empathic Boundaries	p. 87
The Importance of a Clear Yes or No in Boundary Setting	p. 88
Visualizing a Protection Bubble	p. 90
Put It in a Bubble	p. 91
Rebalancing after Boundary Intrusions	p. 92
When Boundaries Become Complicated for Children	p. 93
When a Situation Is Beyond Energy Deflection Skills	p. 95
Empowered Boundaries and Exercising Flexibility	p. 95
Intuitive Needs vs. Childhood Wants: Savvy Boundaries	p. 96
Journaling Questions about Boundaries	p. 97
parenting the intuitive child	p. 99
Your Intuitive Child Is Watching You Closely	p. 100
The Importance of Congruency in Communicating with Your Child	p. 100
How Intuitive Children Can Tune in to Your Marriage	p. 102
The Pros and Cons of Being a Sensate Parent to an Intuitive Child	p. 103
Children and Conflicts	p. 104
When Intuitive Children Overuse Their Gifts to Take Care of Others	p. 105
Handling Sticky Situations Created by a Child's Telepathy	p. 107
How Your Own Intuition Can Help Your Parenting	p. 108
How Intuitive Children Respond to Parenting from the Heart	p. 111
Parenting Based on Listening to and Respecting the Child	p. 112
Being Kind to Yourself	p. 113
teaching the ten skills	p. 117
The "How" Behind Teaching the Skills	p. 117
When to Teach the Skills	p. 118
Understanding vs. Knowledge	p. 119
Learning How to Tell the Difference Between Random Fears and Intuition	p. 120
Regulating the Intuitive Antenna	p. 121
Turning the Volume down on the Intuitive Dial	p. 124
Cultivating an Intuitive Vocabulary	p. 127
Paying Attention to What You Want and Need	p. 129
Practicing Daily Energy Hygiene	p. 131
Staying Grounded	p. 135
Distinguishing Your Energy from That of Others	p. 137
Handling Faulty Intuitive Conclusions/Checking Facts	p. 139
Incoporating Intuitive Empathy into Everyday Life	p. 141
art, play, and spirit for the intuitive child	p. 143
Why Support Art and Play?	p. 143
How to Support Creativity in Your Highly Intuitive Child	p. 149
Supporting the Expression of Intense Emotions in Art	p. 150
The Spiritual Life of the Highly Intuitive Child	p. 152
what indigenous wisdom can teach us about highly intuitive children	p. 156
Hawaiian Huna: What Can We Learn from this Powerful, Ancient System?	p. 157
Inuit Wisdom and Intuitive Children	p. 161
The Maya Voice of Wisdom	p. 163
Intuitive Time vs. Linear Time and the Impact on Intuitive Children	p. 166
all grown up now	p. 171
What Intuitive Adults Can Teach Us about Parenting Intuitive Children	p. 172
Discarding Outdated Coping Skills	p. 177
Are You an Adult Intuitive Recovering Your Intuitive Gifts?	p. 181
How This Is Different from Codependency	p. 182
Embracing Your Feelings in the Healing Process	p. 183
When an Intuitive Child Summons the Return of Your Intuitive Self	p. 184
The Benefits of Making Peace with the Gift	p. 185
In Closing	p. 187
Endnotes	p. 188
Suggested Reading	p. 191
Index	p. 194
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