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My Sensitive Son and His Place in the World

My Sensitive Son and His Place in the World

His little arms wrap around my neck and he tells me he loves.  We tell each other that it is okay to have big feelings.  We are the pair in the family that can feel happiness at a ten and anger at a ten.  That day, I had been at a ten in anger and screamed at his father in front of him.  I was taking the quiet moment in the evening to narrate what had happened that day.  As he walked away to get into his bed I was grateful.  He was six years old and had learned to accept his sensitivity and the lessons his emotions give him.  At that moment I wondered, is that good or am I setting my son up for failure?