What to do When Your Child's Sensory Needs Are Opposite of Yours
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What to do When Your Child's Sensory Needs Are Opposite of Yours
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Samantha and Lauren discuss parenting when a parent’s sensory profile conflicts with a child’s, emphasizing that both nervous systems matter and that chronic parental overstimulation makes support harder.
They review sensory systems (auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, vestibular, proprioception, interoception) and patterns from Winnie Dunn’s framework (seeking, avoiding, sensitivity, low registration), noting people can differ across domains and change with stress or fatigue.
They describe how children’s regulating behaviors (noise-making, constant touch, crashing) can dysregulate parents and create escalation cycles, plus signs of reaching sensory limits (snapping, tension, reduced tolerance, anger). Strategies include meeting both needs with accommodations (headphones, movement zones, timers for touch/noise), changing environments rather than the child (sensory spaces, soft furnishings, scent control), using shame-free boundaries, planning sensory breaks, and teaching kids about differing needs.
Samantha and Lauren advise using supports during meltdowns, considering occupational therapy or counseling, avoiding guilt, apologizing responsibly, and trying a weekly challenge to identify triggers and make one change for each person.
00:00 Welcome and Topic
00:27 Opposite Sensory Needs
02:40 Sensory Systems 101
07:17 Conflict Cycle Explained
09:35 Signs of Overload
12:46 Strategy One Compromise
16:34 Strategy Two Environment
19:07 Strategy Three Boundaries
21:27 Strategy Four Sensory Breaks
25:35 Strategy Five Teach Kids
26:39 When Needs Clash
29:29 Guilt and Self Advocacy
31:44 Weekly Challenge and Wrap
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