Sensitivity

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Unleash Your Parenting Potential with Sensitivity

Learn what defines this parenting strength, what motivates your parenting, how to gain energy, areas to contribute your best, and what to avoid to reduce struggles in parenting.

Description

Sensitive to all needs and feelings; Feel kids’ pain and sadness; Alleviate hurts with words and actions; Compassion for difficulty; Wade into any mess; Have kids’ backs

Motivators

Connection & Altruism

Energizers

Bonding, Helping, Turning Negative Emotions into Positive Ones

Contributions

Emotional Intelligence and Awareness, Compassion, Understanding, Empathy

Struggles

Unfixable situations; Unchangeable people; Allowing mistakes and hurt feelings

Use Your Sensitivity Strength to Meet Your Child's Basic Needs

Learn how to use this parenting strength to show love, build trust, give hope, establish structure, and bring correction for bringing out the best in your child.

Show Love

Relate emotionally in all situations
Know when to speak and when to listen
Display outward affection towards kids

Build Trust

Discover intentions before judging
Provide neutral safe space to share
Be reliable and keep your word

Give Hope

Be the rock in every storm
Empathize, encourage, and comfort
Give kids deep sense of belonging

Establish Structure

Do advance planning to prepare family
Know and respond to emotional triggers
Prioritize care and concern with caregivers

Bring Correction

Engage discussions for full resolution
Discipline based on unique needs
Reinforce love and value despite poor behavior

Use These Strategies Today to Feel Confident and Truly Make a Difference in Your Family

Strategies

Provide needed shoulder, comfort, understanding, and compassion
Emotionally support kids’ struggles but don’t take it from them
Help and support but don’t fix
Teach kids how to tackle challenges

Find the Best of You

While there are common ways that parents use their Sensitivity strength, how you use this strength to the full extent is unique to you when combined with your other parenting strengths.

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