With anxiety at epidemic levels among our children, ANXIOUS KIDS, ANXIOUS PARENTS offers a contrarian yet effective approach to help children and teens push through their fears and phobias to become more resilient, independent, and happy.
Anxiety is the number one mental health problem in America and the most frequent reason that parents bring their children to a mental health provider. One in every five kids suffers from a diagnosable anxiety disorder.
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. From their success with hundreds of organisations, schools, and families, Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons share their unconventional approach of stepping into uncertainty in a way that is currently unfamiliar but infinitely successful. Using current research and contemporary examples, they expose the most common anxiety-enhancing patterns and offer a concrete plan to foster change. And, since new research reveals how anxious parents typically make for anxious children, they offer solutions to change behaviors in both the children and parents.
Key Features
7 core principles can be directly applied to any anxiety-related problem.
Anxiety affects the entire family-this book offers strategies and tools for children and parents.
