9 Tips for Traveling with an Anxious Child Traveling opens the world, allowing families to stay connected, opportunities to explore new places, and chances to learn about different cultures. For many families, this is an exciting and memorable journey. However, for families with an anxious child, traveling can be more of a nightmare than… Continue reading 9 Tips for Traveling with an Anxious Child
Category: Parental Support
Being Grateful Takes Practice
Being Grateful Takes Practice Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that in order to achieve contentment, a person should “cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously.” It took years of living life…dealing with hardships, getting knocked down, realizing life doesn’t go according to some… Continue reading Being Grateful Takes Practice
A Month of “I Am Important Too” Self Reflection Questions
A Month of “I Am Important Too” Self Reflection Questions Self-reflection, seeking gratitude, daily journaling…all ways to see life and ourselves more clearly. I find myself seeking these opportunities during times of stress, which happens most days when raising children, especially a highly anxious child. Throughout the past year, I have worked hard to make… Continue reading A Month of “I Am Important Too” Self Reflection Questions
Why You Must Stop Enabling Children with Anxiety and Begin Empowering Children Instead
Why You Must Stop Enabling Children with Anxiety and Begin Empowering Children Instead This is the number one must-read topic for any parent of an anxious child. If I could go back 8 years and read this article, I truly believe things would have turned out differently. I had no idea that I was… Continue reading Why You Must Stop Enabling Children with Anxiety and Begin Empowering Children Instead
9 Ways to Improve Separation Anxiety in Children
9 Ways to Improve Separation Anxiety in Children Separation anxiety in children is often a normal stage of development in early childhood. The frequency and intensity of separation anxiety will vary greatly for each child, ranging from quiet whimpers that fade as soon as the parent is out of sight to excessive clinginess that… Continue reading 9 Ways to Improve Separation Anxiety in Children
5 Hidden Benefits of Anxiety
5 Hidden Benefits of Anxiety Severe anxiety has gripped our family off and on for years, to the point that I was drowning in self-doubt, guilt, fear, and hopelessness. In the midst of our lowest points, I could not see past what was happening minute by minute. At night, I would lay in bed trying… Continue reading 5 Hidden Benefits of Anxiety