Empathic Children

All too often we talk about our lives as empaths, but we tend to miss one very important aspect of it:  the empathic child.  Today I want to talk about that.  This particular subject is very near and dear to my heart as I have a child that is an empath.  As his mother, I have witnessed him going through every struggle with being an empath that I go through.  The difference is that I am an adult and I understand why I am going through the things that I am.  Children don’t often understand what it is or why it is happening to them.

My little boy is only 9 years old, and already has the understanding and vision of an adult.  I have watched him try to deal with being overwhelmed and struggle with feeling everybody’s pain and emotions.  He always has a way of knowing when somebody is sad or depressed.  When his brother and sister are fighting, he will cry out to them to stop because they are making his heart hurt.  He’s the sweetest little guy anybody ever met.

Not all empathic children are lucky enough to be raised by an empath.  Think about how many children are empaths, and have no support in learning to deal with it.  Most of these children are told they are just too sensitive or over-emotional.  Their parents have no idea what is going on with them, so they seek out mental health assistance.  Now you have a bunch of empathic children who are being medicated simply because the world does not recognize or understand that empathic mind.  They feel that if they don’t understand it, it must be medicated.  I strongly disagree with this methodology.

Being an empath, I have chosen to raise my son just a little different.  Last year he was getting bullied a lot, and he is not much of a fighter.  It got so bad that he was unable to complete any school work.  The classes are overcrowded, and he was constantly getting sick from too many people being around him.  His father and I decided to take him out of school.  He seems to be doing much better since then.

One of the most important aspects of having an empathic child, is teaching them how to deal with it.  I have already started teaching my son meditation and grounding techniques.  He already recognizes when he is overstimulated and needs to take a break.  I also walk him through a visualization that helps him to clear the excess energies that he has accumulated over the days.  I will not send him to the psychiatrist just because he feels too much.  It is my job as his parent to help him deal with the gifts that he was given.

If we educate and empower our gifted children, we will guarantee them success in using those gifts.  It is our responsibility and we must to what needs to be done.  We need to teach our children that an empath is not a weak, overly emotional person, but rather a person who possesses great and wonderful gifts that can and should be used for their own good.