A child reads a book while covering her eye with one hand. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions ...

The first thing parents don't realize they do to make their adult children roll their eyes is that they continue to baby them ...

but behaviour you might see during a sensory meltdown includes children covering their eyes or ears or shutting down and refusing to move. Image caption, All children react differently ...