Parenting a sensitive child can feel like navigating a sea of emotion, one moment calm, the next unpredictable. In those intense moments, it’s easy to default to control: quick fixes, firm corrections, or trying to make the feelings stop. But reflective parenting invites a different approach. It asks us to pause, notice, and wonder. Instead of focusing on managing behavior, reflective parenting centers on understanding the emotional world behind it. In fact, research shows that a healthy parent-child relationship is essential to socioemotional health, and one outcome of a nurturing and safe early relationship is the security of the infant-parent attachment.