Archive for March, 2011
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50 ways to feed your child’s fears: #2
Aid and Abet your child’s attempts to avoid the situation that triggers his fears. What does this mean? It means that you help your child avoid fearful situations and or that you actually encourage avoidance as a strategy to manage your child’s distress. There are countless ways that a parent can do this and [...]
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50 ways to feed your child’s fears: #1
My previous blog entry focused on the “most important” advice I have for a parent of an anxious child: determine how you are unintentionally reinforcing your child’s fears, and stop doing that. I thought it might be useful to readers if I discussed, in detail, specific ways that parents reinforce their children’s fears. Just [...]