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[quote=Anonymous]OP here--stumbled into the forum and was surprised to see this thread revived from a year ago!

Yes, our DS is a sensitive empath--that is perfectly fine with me. He is who he is, and we do not fault or discourage emotions, but, DCUM is gonna DCUM.

To address some of the recent feedback: My DH is very much not on the sensitive or empathic side, and it has taken a lot of conversations with him about parenting the kid you have and not the kid you were, yada yada yada. He has made some good strides in not being triggered by DS's crying or upset, and has been more comforting and compassionate if and when DS has been upset.

And, DS similarly has seemed to start growing out of these episodes a bit and has been on multiple other trips now where the return to regular programming has not resulted in big melt downs. Though I do agree with what others have suggested about contributing factors being that DS would be extra tired from unusual schedules and travel as well as getting the absolute undivided attention of grandma, and with DS being the oldest grandson in the fam, just being the apple of her eye and getting lots of enthusiastic yesses and fun activities all around with endless energy and patience. [/quote]

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