Experts tell parents how to help their kids through their anxiety
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Experts tell parents how to help their kids through their anxiety

CNN  

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. "Raising Calm Kids in a World of Worry" by Ashley Graber and Maria Evans offers tools for parents to help ease their children's anxiety. “We have an influx of information, and all of these things together create a lot of anxiety that is just built into the culture,” said Maria Evans, who coauthored the book “Raising Calm Kids in a World of Worry: Tools to Ease Anxiety and Overwhelm” with Ashley Graber. CNN: You created a parenting strategy called SAFER to help parents and their kids with anxiety. It’s so important for parents because they can do the things that we recommend and set the tone and give that calm to their child to help them calm down in a moment of worry.

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5 ways parents can help children build emotional resilience
2 months, 1 week ago

5 ways parents can help children build emotional resilience

Hindustan Times  

As children grow, they face various challenges, including social pressure, academic demands, and interpersonal conflicts. Based on multiple insights and research, here are five strategies to help children develop emotional resilience: Parents play a major role in nurturing this emotional intelligence by providing a supportive environment. Based on multiple insights and research, here are five strategies to help children develop …

Anxiety in moms: mothers are taught to downplay their strongest instinct. They shouldn’t.
1 year, 8 months ago

Anxiety in moms: mothers are taught to downplay their strongest instinct. They shouldn’t.

Slate  

Not long ago, my son’s preschool went into “soft lockdown.” The threat was an active shooter on UC–Berkeley’s nearby campus. In my fear, a thought came into newly stark relief: There is a mismatch between the primal maternal drive to protect our offspring and our knowledge that we’re largely powerless to do so, and this gap between what we long …

How to make your home emotionally safe for your child: Expert shares tips
2 years, 4 months ago

How to make your home emotionally safe for your child: Expert shares tips

Hindustan Times  

When we start parenting, we try to provide our children with the best of everything. Addressing this, Family and Marriage Therapist Emily H Sanders wrote, “On things that create emotional safety for our children. Parenting exposes parts of us that still need healing.” Parenting tips: Here's how to develop empathy in kids Emily further added that through the process of …

Six ways in which parents can help with back-to-school anxiety
3 years, 7 months ago

Six ways in which parents can help with back-to-school anxiety

Live Mint  

As a child, I had a great deal of anxiety, states Elizabeth Englander of Bridgewater State University. "As a researcher who’s studied children’s mental health for decades, I know that predictability helps prevent anxiety in children. According to Englander, given children’s fondness for sameness and predictability, it should be no surprise that a global pandemic that halted school as kids …

5 Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids With Reemergence Anxiety
3 years, 7 months ago

5 Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids With Reemergence Anxiety

Huff Post  

Westend61 via Getty Images Parents can help normalize negative emotions and identify coping mechanisms. “Parents should support their children by listening to their child’s anxieties, if their child is willing to share,” said licensed clinical social worker Nidhi Tewari. We can promise to be there to help them cope.” - Dr. Helen Egger, child psychiatrist and co-founder of Little Otter …

Identify Signs, Respond & Not React: How Parents Can Help Kids Cope with Pandemic Anxiety
3 years, 10 months ago

Identify Signs, Respond & Not React: How Parents Can Help Kids Cope with Pandemic Anxiety

News 18  

The COVID-19 virus has taught us many lessons. Journaling for older children, creating worry jars for younger ones can help children process their anxiety. Structure and Consistency: While this one may seem difficult during the pandemic with the situation changing every day, it is important to provide as much consistency as possible. It is also possible that while both may …

How Child Psychologists Deal With Their Own Children's Anxiety
4 years, 4 months ago

How Child Psychologists Deal With Their Own Children's Anxiety

Huff Post  

Hill Street Studios via Getty Images Parents can play a major role in helping kids learn to cope with anxiety. It’s all too easy to react from my own perspective, but taking her perspective gives me more empathy for her.” ― Abigail Gewirtz, child psychologist and author of “When the World Feels Like a Scary Place: Essential Conversations for Anxious …

7 Ways To Help Kids With Anxiety : Life Kit : NPR
4 years, 4 months ago

7 Ways To Help Kids With Anxiety : Life Kit : NPR

NPR  

How to help your kids reframe their anxiety — and reclaim their superpowers Enlarge this image Kaz Fantone/NPR Kaz Fantone/NPR The new year has been tough for school-age children. They encourage children to personify their anxiety: "When you are able to take a feeling that can be abstract and hard to wrap your head around, and you create a character …

5 effective ways to help children overcome anxiety during Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 10 months ago

5 effective ways to help children overcome anxiety during Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

A lot of times, especially in crisis situations, being anxious, nervous or worried, although normal, can be perceived as being negative. Rather than always being considered a hindrance, anxiety may actually help us feel more motivated and prepared when faced with challenges. Valid and legitimate information as opposed to rumor, fake news and exaggerations will help you take care of …

How To Care For Your Kids' Mental Health During The COVID-19 Pandemic
4 years, 11 months ago

How To Care For Your Kids' Mental Health During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Huff Post  

MoMo Productions via Getty Images Parents have the power to ease the emotional blow of this difficult experience. “During periods of uncertainty and change, what our children need most from us is to feel safe, loved and protected,” said Genevieve von Lob, a psychologist and author of “Happy Parent, Happy Child.” HuffPost spoke to von Lob and other experts to …

Coronavirus outbreak: How parents can support their kids now
5 years ago

Coronavirus outbreak: How parents can support their kids now

India Today  

The coronavirus disease brings with it feelings like anxiety, stress and uncertainty and they are felt especially strongly by children of all ages. We think about the people around us, too.’" Stick to a routine "Children need structure. And what we’re all having to do, very quickly, is invent entirely new structures to get every one of us through our …

How To Help A Child With Anxiety : Life Kit : NPR
5 years, 5 months ago

How To Help A Child With Anxiety : Life Kit : NPR

NPR  

How To Help A Child Struggling With Anxiety Enlarge this image Lindsey Balbierz for NPR Lindsey Balbierz for NPR Explore Life Kit This story is adapted from an episode of Life Kit, NPR's podcast with tools to help you get it together. Here's another red flag: "Are there things that the child really wants to do or needs to be …

17 Children's Books For Anxious Kids
6 years, 1 month ago

17 Children's Books For Anxious Kids

Huff Post  

PESI Publishing and Media/Magination Press Books for kids are a great resource to combat anxiety and worry. And books can be especially useful for kids when talking about conditions like anxiety, said Natasha Daniels, child therapist and author of How To Parent Your Anxious Toddler and Anxiety Sucks! “I do think kids learn through stories so either if a child …

How parental anxiety impacts our kids
9 years, 3 months ago

How parental anxiety impacts our kids

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kelly Wallace is CNN’s digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. “They are used to you, and then in a time of crisis, they’re looking to you for the cues, ‘Are we safe?’ and if you’re running around going, ‘Oh, I guess I don’t feel comfortable going to work,’ they’re certainly going to feel that way …

This is how you can make your kids calm and fearless!
9 years, 6 months ago

This is how you can make your kids calm and fearless!

India TV News  

This is how you can make your kids calm and fearless! New York: Children of anxious parents are at an increased risk of developing anxiety disorders and a family-based intervention programme can help such kids to become calm and fearless, finds a new study. "The results underscore New York: Children of anxious parents are at an increased risk of developing …

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