This item the highly sensitive child helping our children thrive when the world overwhelms them by elaine n aron phd paperback 1449 in stock ships from and sold by amazoncom. The highly sensitive child helping our children thrive when the world overwhelms them elaine n aron phd potter ten speed harmony rodale oct 8 2002 family relationships 368 pages. Buy the highly sensitive child helping our children thrive when the world overwhelms them thorsons classics edition by aron elaine n isbn 9780007163939 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An important read for anyone who suspects their child is highly sensitive in other words a kid who takes in every sight sound feeling smell piece of knowledge around them highly attuned to their environment to the point it overwhelms them. Rooted in arons years of experience as a psychotherapist and her original research on child temperament the highly sensitive child shows how hscs are born deeply reflective sensitive to the subtle and easily overwhelmed these qualities can make for smart conscientious creative children but with the wrong parenting or schooling they can become unusually shy or timid or begin acting out