Child Anxiety

Anxiety is the number one mental health problem facing young people today. Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. Parents everywhere want to know: All children have fears, but how much is normal?

A leading clinical expert in the fields of child cognitive behavior therapy and anxiety disorders, Dr. Tamar Chansky frequently counsels children (and their parents) whose negative thinking creates chronic or occasional emotional hurdles and impedes optimism, flexibility, and happiness. Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking provides parents, caregivers, and clinicians the same clear, concise, and compassionate guidance that Dr. Chansky employed in her previous guides to relieving children from anxiety and obsessive compulsive symptoms.

Just as sturdy scaffolding is necessary when erecting a building and will come down when the structure grows stable, good parenting provides children with steady and warm emotional nourishment on the path toward independence. Never-ending parental problem-solving and involvement can have the opposite effect, enabling fragility and anxiety over time.

Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell have taught thousands of families are available in self-help form for the first time. Filled with vivid stories and unique practical tools, this book puts the keys to healthy attachment within everyone's reach - self-understanding, flexibility, and the willingness to make and learn from mistakes.

Being afraid of the dark is a very common fear among children. Even adults jump at shadows. Ever watched a horror movie and tried to get a glass of water in dim light? From bugs to darkness to strange phenomena, children are afraid of the unknown. They have no reference point to explain these new stimuli, and they turn to the most basic instinct of human nature: fight or flight.

You and Your Anxious Child differentiates between separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, and social phobia, and guides parents on when and how to seek intervention. With moving case studies, such as Jon's, whose mother quit her job because his separation anxiety compelled her to stay with him full-time, this audiobook elucidates the nightmare that families can be living and helps them understand that they are not alone. Every step of the way, Albano illustrates proven therapies to manage anxiety issues in children while addressing the emotional needs of parents, too.

Packed full of practical strategies and daily habits for understanding anxiety and ADHD, this compilation of books will empower you and your child. With the right awareness and some simple and straightforward practices and methodologies for navigating anxiety and ADHD, you and your child can work together to move past all the avoidance, unnecessary tears and stress. With these professional insights, you and your child can both relax into a whole new way of living—with more joy, more smiles, and a whole new understanding.

Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD is the first and only book to provide a completely parent-based treatment program for child and adolescent anxiety. Parents will learn how to alleviate their children's anxiety by changing the way they themselves respond to their children's symptoms - importantly, parents are not required to impose changes on their children's behavior. Instead, parents are shown how to replace their own accommodating behaviors with supportive responses that demonstrate both acceptance of children's difficulties and confidence in their ability to cope.

Being the parent of a smart child is great - until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations run wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help? In Why Smart Kids Worry, Allison Edwards guides you through the mental and emotional process of where your child's fears come from and why they are so hard to move past. Edwards focuses on how to parent a child who is both smart and anxious.

There is an end to the anguish of emotional eating - and this book explains how to achieve it. Geneen Roth, whose Feeding the Hungry Heart and When Food Is Love have brought understanding and acceptance to tens of thousands of fans over the last two decades, here outlines her proven program for resolving the conflicts at the root of overeating.

Parenting a child with food allergies or other allergic conditions means navigating a labyrinth of emotions, decisions, and challenges. In May Contain Anxiety, licensed therapist and allergy parent Tamara Hubbard provides practical guidance tailored to the millions of parents managing this reality. Through her own parenting experiences, clinical expertise, and the voices of other allergy parents, Hubbard offers a compassionate resource to help you thrive amid the overwhelm.

Do you wish you had something that would help your children go to sleep while also teaching them something? Then look no further. This book is for you, or should I say, your child. Reading stories to your child, or playing them stories, are a big part of their developmental process. It helps them learn to talk and it also engages their imagination more when they don’t have to read the story to themselves. It can also aid in creating a regular bedtime routine, which will help to calm your child down and get them relaxed and ready for bed. In this book, you will find 25 short stories that ...

Your Anxiety Isn't What You Think It Is You know logically that you're safe, yet your heart races in meetings. A delayed text message sends you spiraling. You lie awake replaying conversations, searching for hidden criticism. Traditional anxiety treatments offer temporary relief, but the fear keeps returning because they're addressing symptoms while missing the source. Your Inner Child Has Been Waiting There's a wise, loving part of you that knows exactly how to heal the anxiety you've been carrying. In these pages, Harmony Ziba guides you on a journey back to yourself. You'll discover how ...

Calm the Chaos: Teach Emotional Regulation That Sticks— Even If You’re Not Sure Where to Begin Are you tired of daily meltdowns, power struggles, and emotional outbursts? Raising kids in today’s world can feel overwhelming—especially when emotions run high. But what if you could equip your child with the skills to navigate frustration, disappointment, and even failure with confidence and calm? In Raising Emotionally Resilient Kids, you’ll discover science-backed techniques, real-world strategies, and step-by-step guidance to help your toddler, big kid, and tween build emotional ...

The Anxiety Toolkit for Kids: Proven Strategies to Help Kids Stay Calm, Confident, and in Control Anxiety doesn’t have to control your child’s life. With the right tools, kids can learn how to manage their worries, calm their minds, and feel more confident every day. Written for children ages 8–12 and their parents, The Anxiety Toolkit for Kids is a practical, easy-to-use guide filled with proven strategies to help kids recognize their feelings, handle stress, and build emotional resilience. Inside this toolkit, kids will discover: Simple techniques to stop anxious thoughts before ...

In Beyond Behaviors, internationally known pediatric psychologist Dr. Mona Delahooke describes behaviors as the tip of the iceberg, important signals that we should address by seeking to understand a child's individual differences in the context of relational safety. This accessible book offers professionals, educators, and parents tools and techniques to reduce behavioral challenges and promote psychological resilience and satisfying, secure relationships.

Simplify your child’s bedtime routine with this calming and empowering storybook. Children will enjoy stories with fun characters including dinosaurs, princesses, astronauts, ballerinas and others. Each story is not only entertaining, but also teaches important skills in anxiety management, self-confidence building, fostering optimism, and more.

FACT: You have about 40,000 negative thoughts every day. And your child does too. We can’t make negative thoughts go away completely. But we can learn healthy ways to cope with them. And most importantly, we can take away their power to determine our mood and behavior. Using kid-friendly text, interactive cartoons, and engaging journal exercises, your child will learn priceless life skills. Now Available! How To Get Unstuck From The Negative Muck Kid’s Journal

This audiobook is an enchanting collection where young minds not only indulge in delightful tales but also gather vital tools to conquer anxiety, practice mindfulness, and nurture self-belief. Each narrative entwines a unique charm, subtly imparting invaluable life lessons for kids to carry through their formative years.

Whether it's the monster in the closet or the fear that arises from new social situations, school, or sports, anxiety can be especially challenging and maddening for children. And since anxiety has a mind of its own, logic and reassurance often fail, leaving parents increasingly frustrated about how to help. Now Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, the author of Playful Parenting, provides a special set of tools to handle childhood anxiety.