“You’re amazing. I’m exhausted.” The experience of parenting children who are temperamentally “more”

Macall Gordon MA
Nov 5 · 4 min read

I’m just going to say it: Parenting amazing but alert/sensitive/persistent little ones is HARD.

Very young children who have extra big feelings and extra low thresholds experience the world profoundly…and they let you know it. They can be engaged, social, perceptive, and smart as a whip. They…

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Macall Gordon MA

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Macall researches and writes about temperament and sleep. She’s also a certified sleep coach and mom to two spirited young adults who never slept as children.

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