Parenting Anxious Kids
Understanding Anxiety in Children by Age and Stage
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- USD 9.99
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- USD 9.99
Publisher Description
**Learn simple, effective skills to help your child manage their anxiety**
The complete CBT-based guide for parenting kids with anxiety, for readers of The Anxious Generation
Do you suspect your child may have anxiety? While it’s normal for children of all ages to experience fears and worries, if your child’s anxiety interferes with their daily life, it’s time to get some help. Parenting Anxious Kids is an accessible, research-based guide for parents that is filled with actionable steps to help your child conquer their anxiety—and a must-have parenting tool in a world where kids’ anxieties and fears are increasing.
Utilizing clinically proven cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, Parenting Anxious Kids provides parents with the tools they need to support their children without asking them to become their kids’ therapist. Author and clinical psychologist Regine Galanti guides parents to help their children grow into resilient, independent, and healthy adults. This book includes:
• A guide to childhood anxiety based on developmental stages
• Assessments to help parents differentiate unhealthy and problematic anxiety from normal, transitional anxiety
• CBT skills related to parenting styles that foster brave, well-adapted children
• Guidance on how parents can support brave behavior as early as toddlerhood, including how to model positive approaches to anxiety
• And more!
Anxiety in children is manageable—the most important thing is to get started right away so your child doesn’t miss out on relationships, activities, and all the things that make being a kid fun! Parenting Anxious Kids is the perfect resource to help your child become their best self and learn how to manage anything life throws their way.
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Psychologist Galanti (Anxiety Relief for Teens) delivers a cogent manual for helping children cope with anxiety. Emphasizing the need for children to face the "things that they fear unreasonably," Galanti contends that kids who aren't encouraged to confront the sources of their anxiety learn to cope with discomfort through avoidance, which can backfire (for instance, she suggests that driving a kid to school because they feel anxious about riding the bus can worsen their distress if they later have to start taking it). Galanti tailors her strategies to six age groups, from toddlers to college students. She recommends that parents teach toddlers to identify their feelings by playing "emotional charades" (making exaggerated expressions and having a child guess which emotion is being portrayed), and suggests that expressing confidence in preschoolers' abilities will help them push through discomfort ("I believe in you"). Much of the advice addresses how parents can avoid passing on their own anxieties; for instance, Galanti encourages parents who feel compelled to do their child's homework for them to consider what fears of theirs drive this behavior and whether those worries are reasonable. Galanti's straight-shooting tone complements the uncomplicated advice. It adds up to a thoughtful handbook on how parents can prepare children to handle emotional distress.
