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Podcast: Raised Resilient: Help Your Highly Sensitive Child
Episode: Parenting Reflections: "Go Away and Die, Mommy!": How to Respond to Mean Words from Your Highly Sensitive Child (Without Losing Your Cool!)
Description: “I hate you!” “You’re the worst!” “I don’t love you!” These words are SO hard to hear … especially when they’re coming from your child!
In this week's episode, I walk you through how I handled it when my daughter recently told me to “go away and die.” I share my knee-jerk reaction and also how I shifted my mindset to show up more effectively for her.
Here’s the thing: Our kids will say mean things sometimes as a way to push us away or to help us understand the depth of thei...