How to help your sensitive child overcome struggle and succeed at school.
Yes, that may sound strange…but there can certainly be a child — parent connection there. I totally understand that you will be overwhelmed when provided with many solutions, methods and advice from the school or other professionals.
Here is one thing that you CAN do yourself to help influence the situation for your child.
It’s not always that clear or obvious, but your highly sensitive child does pick up on your subconscious energetic beliefs about school.
You might not be doing anything specifically for it to be seen…but your child feels and knows without you even showing it.
Feeling guilty is not helpful, for you or your child. If you are carrying guilt it can be felt and seen by your child. In turn your child might feel like a burden and not open up. It is not your fault that your child struggles in school.
You as a parent may have had certain experiences in school that had a bigger subconscious impact on you than you initially thought. Maybe you have even hidden that part from yourself without having any recollection of it, often your sensitive child will pick it up…probably even before you do.
When a highly sensitive child struggles in school, whether it is refusing to go to school or not being able to focus, it’s time to also take a look within and what you can do to work on yourself in order to help your child thrive in school.
In my experience, I’ve noticed that when a parent is receiving help for their child who is struggling in school and the parent is also open to simultaneously work on themselves from the beginning of my guidance trajectory… they achieve better long lasting results for both parent and child.
In psychology and coaching we are sometimes used to looking at things from only the psychological aspect. Although I adore psychology…I also advocate for looking at the WHOLE person from different perspectives.
Solely academic guidance can sometimes be insufficient. The best guidance is when you and your child have both looked at the perspectives in various areas such as the combination at social, emotional, physical, the soul and of course cognitive level. One area influences the other!
If you work on the above you save effort, energy and… precious moments connecting with your child.
If you want support with learning what could be your own blind spot regarding school, send an email to Susanne for a Free 30 minute video call to get to know each other and chat about your situation: internationalhspcenter@gmail.com
