18/09/2026
These are the kids who get called sensitive, or dramatic, or difficult. Parents hear it from family, from teachers, sometimes from themselves at the end of a hard day.
Here’s what I want you to know. When that startle response never integrates, the child is reading ordinary life as a series of threats. The body is doing exactly what it’s built to do. It reacts.
And a brain that’s stuck in that state has very little left over for learning, sitting still, or holding attention. That’s part of why other work can feel like it isn’t landing. The child isn’t resisting it. They’re busy surviving.
Which is why we go after the reflex instead of just the reaction.
Comment PARENT and we’ll send you our home care guide that goes over every primitive reflex and things you can start on from home.
