09/12/2025
ALL PARENTS & YOUNG ADULTS — please pause here.
Some children don’t just grow up… they survive their childhood.
If your child was born after 1999, chances are they are a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) — a child whose nervous system absorbs every emotion, every silence, every shift in the home.
Their body learns early that peace can become chaos suddenly, safety is unpredictable, keeping adults calm feels more important than their own needs, and love can disappear — so self-protection feels safer than connection.
These children grow up reading your mood before understanding their own, apologising for things that weren’t their fault, lowering their voice to avoid upset, and carrying emotional weight far beyond their age.
As adults, this looks like difficulty saying “no,” fear when someone raises their voice, shutting down during conflict, people-pleasing, anxiety, chest tightness, somatic pain, and choosing peace over themselves every time.
Parents, gently hear this:
Nothing is wrong with your child.
Nothing is wrong with you.
Their body is still protecting the little one who never felt fully safe.
Healing begins when you:
• Notice their needs as quickly as they notice yours
• Offer emotional safety, not perfection
• Slow your reactions — their nervous system mirrors yours
• Encourage expression instead of suppression
• Create small routines of connection
• Heal your own inner child — they feel your healing
Your child’s childhood is being shaped today.
Your healing will shape theirs.
DM “INNER CHILD” for guidance for yourself, your child, and your family.
