I have always been a very sensitive person.  As a child, I can remember reference to it as though there was something wrong with me- “oh, you’re so sensitive or too sensitive,” or “you don’t have to make such a big deal about everything…”  Can you remember people saying things like that to you?  I guess when these things are said to you enough, you begin to shut down the sensitive-feeling side of yourself because it hurts too much. 

It wasn’t until I became a parent and realized my own children’s sensitivities that I began to discover this is a very real side of some people’s core being, it’s who we are.  It’s actually what being intuitive in this world means for us- being sensitive and not being understood by the world around us. So I would start by discarding things that were said to me and vow not to say such things to my kids.  I made the commitment to become an intuitive parent for my children- one they could trust and be who they were meant to be with. 

I recall several experiences when I was young of being accused of lying.  It devastated me as a child because I was not a liar and most often was accused of being dishonest at times I really wasn’t being.  When my oldest son was around the age of 7, I can remember accusing him of lying about something while he emphatically stated he wasn’t lying and it occurred to me I was doing to him what was done to me!  So I apologized to him and we had a conversation about how the same thing had been done to me and I made a commitment not to do it to him.  Big points for mom let me tell you!

If you remember some of these experiences from your own childhood, share your stories with our intuitive parenting blog.  You’re not alone and together we can bring consciousness to parenting by using our intuition. –Tara Paterson, Certified Coach for Parents of Intuitives.