Feel like a shit parent

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Because my son is soooo sensitive and I don’t know how to deal with it. He’s 6, and always been sensitive, and honestly I blame myself as I recognise I’ve been a helicopter parent which I’m now really making an effort to stop, but how do you navigate these huge feelings your children have!?
He is clever, empathetic, caring, kind, loving and I don’t think there is anything wrong with him, but I suppose I’m asking for help or advice in parenting when he’s having these huge feelings. For example in the park today, a class mate said “hurry up” when he was on a climbing frame that he’s not very good at. He couldn’t hurry up so just cried and I got him down. He needs to learn that in life he will be talked to like that often, and he will likely talk to people the same but I just don’t think I communicate well that to him well. I also feel like a shit parent when all his little mates are having a fun play and he’s crying. He gets over it quick but I can see he gets upset at stuff that others would brush over.
Does anyone here have a sensitive son/child and how did it pan out when they got older? How did you react in situations when they were being extra sensitive. I do don’t want him to think he’s doing anything wrong because he isn’t, but I suppose we both need a bit of help in some situations.
Thank you if you’ve read the above

Did you help talk him Through what he needed to do on the climbing frame or just get him down? Did you then get him to try again when his friends had gone past?

He's done it before but when the park was empty and he was with his dad, so he did it, slowly at his own pace. This time he was asked to hurry up- completely normal thing for one 6 year old to say to another one but he can’t handle those feelings, he said he felt sad. That’s just one example. He doesn’t like anything boisterous where too many are noisy etc, and he’s just a quiet boy (unless he’s with people he feels 100% comfortable with, and his best friends).
So today I got him down, we had a cuddle, I said it doesn’t matter, and he can have another go, and then his other friend popped up so he went off with them, but I always feel like I’m saying the wrong thing.

I didn't have a child like that, but I was that child... yes, it could be a bit disabling. Honestly in the end I grew out of it but it took until I was about 14. I'm very grateful that my parents did not make a big deal about it and just supported me and didn't tell me off for it - I honestly just wanted to be left alone when I cried because I felt silly.

The worst thing was adults I came across who sometimes thought I was crying because I wanted to 'get my way' and was a brat, and who told me so - which led to me crying even more on future occasions because now I felt stupid and presumably everyone who saw me thought I was a spoilt brat because I was crying!

Thanks @Echobelly

We never tell him off, but I feel useless sometimes. I want to make him feel comfortable in his feelings but also help him be more confident.

Sorry that others made you feel that way 😢