PSP 049: Explaining Anxiety to People Who Don’t Get it: Helping Siblings, Family & Friends

PSP 049: Explaining Anxiety to People Who Don’t Get it: Helping Siblings, Family & Friends

How many times have you heard people say things like,“you just coddle him too much” or “you just need to be tougher with her!” Some other oldies but goodies are, “She doesn’t act that way for me” and “he’ll grow out of it. Don’t worry.” Sometimes explaining anxiety to people who don’t get it can make your head spin. Trust me, I get it. I have bitten my tongue so many times – I have callouses. What about if those people are your other kids? What if you hear things like, “Why do you treat him like that?” or “If that was me I would totally get in trouble!” How can you explain anxiety to your other children so they can “get” their anxious sibling and maybe even help and not hurt the situation?

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When Parenting an Anxious Child Avoid These 9 No-Nos

When Parenting an Anxious Child Avoid These 9 No-Nos

If you are parenting an anxious child you know that your normal parenting tricks aren’t going to work with this one. Here are nine big parenting no-nos that probably work really well with your other kids!

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