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What to Do When Negotiating With Your HSC Stops Working

Megghan Thompson
May 25, 2022•1 min read

When it comes to getting things done around the house,

You’re no stranger to negotiation.

Aside from making deals with your partner to do the dishes if they clean the toilets,

You are now saying things like “if you have dinner with the family, you can watch 10 extra minutes of TV before bed,” to your HSC.

What you didn’t anticipate was the fact that the deal-making never really stopped…

And it’s EXHAUSTING.

Especially when you’re asking your kid to do things you want them to do WITHOUT you having to beg.

Like brush their teeth,

Do their homework,

Wash their hair,

Or anything else your HSC doesn’t seem to deem as important at that moment.

The point is, negotiating with your kid doesn’t work.

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I help parents who are worried about managing their child’s explosive and out of control emotions to develop an individualized system to manage their kid’s explosive feelings when they don’t fit the examples in typical parenting books. I know you are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to stop scouring the internet for new strategies, throw out those traditional parenting books that don’t match your kid, and develop an individualized system to manage your kid’s explosive feelings.

Megghan Thompson, LCPC, RPT-S

I help parents who are worried about managing their child’s explosive and out of control emotions to develop an individualized system to manage their kid’s explosive feelings when they don’t fit the examples in typical parenting books. I know you are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to stop scouring the internet for new strategies, throw out those traditional parenting books that don’t match your kid, and develop an individualized system to manage your kid’s explosive feelings.

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