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Aug 2020
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764: Dear Mom of a Highly Sensitive Chil...

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Maureen Gaspari issues an open letter to the mothers of highly sensitive children.

Episode 764: Dear Mom of a Highly Sensitive Child, I See You by Maureen Gaspari with Highly Sensitive Refuge on Parenting

Maureen Gaspari is a writer, a wife and a mommy to two wonderful, energetic, highly sensitive little boys. She shares her family’s personal journey with selective mutism, sensory processing difficulties, and raising highly sensitive children on her blog, https://othersideofsilent.blogspot.com. "My Book of Brave" is her first of many books she plans to publish to help children build self-confidence.

The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/mother-highly-sensitive-child/

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