Publisher Description
How do you manage a child who gets stomachaches every school morning, who refuses after-school activities, or who is trapped in the bathroom with compulsive washing? Children like these put a palpable strain on frustrated, helpless parents and teachers. And there is no escaping the problem: One in every five kids suffers from a diagnosable anxiety disorder. Unfortunately, when parents or professionals offer help in traditional ways, they unknowingly reinforce a child’s worry and avoidance. Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents exposes the most common anxiety-enhancing patterns—including reassurance, accommodation, and avoidance—while offering exercises and techniques to change both the child’s and the parents’ patterns of thinking and behaving.
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“I implemented the seven steps with my daughter, who suffers from
separation anxiety from her father…the most important skill we learned was managing the worry instead
of focusing on the reason for the worry.”—
DeAnna Renn, RN, public health nurse
