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[quote=Anonymous]You say you're reacting calmly and with empathy, but maybe you're giving her too much attention and perhaps she's doing this in order to get that attention.  Start using a simple,  matter-of-fact: "Are you hurt? No? You're ok, brush it off, let's go."  Or "that person was just looking, it's fine, nothing happened."  See how she reacts.  And try changing the subject to see if she snaps out of it.  When they know they aren't going to get the reaction out of you, it's amazing how quickly they can turn it off.

My DS was pretty sensitive at that age but it manifested as anger rather than sadness.  Around that age, he was able to start gaining a different perspective - namely, that it's not all about him.  People do and say things for all sorts of reasons but that doesn't mean it was directed at us.  Role playing is helpful for this and to show other ways of handling it.  Instead of crying when something happens, demonstrate to her what she can say and do (using words, removing herself from the situation, etc).

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