As a HSP and a parent, I was very excited about this book. I heard about it months ago and knew I needed to see what the buzz was about. I devoured the information and felt a bit of camaraderie with the author. Dr. Elaine Aron deeply understands how highly sensitive people function and what we need out of life. In this book, she took everything she discusses in her first and applies it to the complex, and often frustrating, job of being a parent. 

While not much was new to me, as someone who has done their own research on the subject of HSPs, it is a great comprehensive resource for parents who are new to the idea of being a HSP. Dr. Aron explains the joys and frustrations of parenting and how it much different that task can be for us highly sensitive individuals. With useful information and comforting analysis, she is understanding and sympathetic. She takes the struggles many of us face and normalizes what many of us feel is abnormal or “wrong” with us. 

I wouldn’t consider this book profound, but I certainly believe many will find help and understanding within its pages.

The first book written especially for parents with the trait of high sensitivity, this book is a game changer. Parenting is hard for anyone, but it's a special challenge for those with a sensitive nervous system. Elaine Aron draws on her years of research and personal experience to detail ways HSPs (highly sensitive persons) can survive and thrive as parents.