14/08/2026
Some children feel everything deeply.
They notice the things others miss. They worry more, question more, imagine more and sometimes become overwhelmed by a world that can feel very loud and very fast.
I know this because I was that sensitive child.
I felt everything around me — other people's emotions, the atmosphere in a room, the things that were said and sometimes the things that weren't.
Over time, I learnt to push those feelings down. I learnt not to listen to my body and to see my sensitivity as something I needed to change.
It has taken me many years to realise that the very thing I once saw as my weakness is actually one of my greatest gifts.
As parents, it can be tempting to wish things felt a little easier for our sensitive children.
But sensitivity is not something we need to take away.
Our sensitive, emotional and creative children often grow into the adults who notice when someone is struggling, who think differently, create new possibilities and bring compassion into the spaces they enter.
The world doesn't need them to toughen up or become less of who they are.
It needs us to help them trust what they feel, listen to their bodies, protect their wellbeing and recognise the strengths within their sensitivity.
Because perhaps these deeply feeling, wonderfully creative children are exactly the kind of people our world needs more of.
