The Opposite of Worry The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears

Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, Johnny Heller

eAudio - 2013

Whether it's the monster in the closet or the fear that arises from new social situations, school, or sports, anxiety can be especially challenging and maddening for children. And since anxiety has a mind of its own, logic and reassurance often fail, leaving parents increasingly frustrated about how to help. Now Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, the author of Playful Parenting, provides a special set of tools to handle childhood anxiety. Offering simple, effective strategies that build connection through fun, play, and empathy, Dr. Cohen helps parents: start from a place of warmth, compassion, and understandingteach children the basics of the body's "security system": alert, alarm, assessment, and all clearpromote tolerance of unc...ertainty and discomfort by finding the balance between outright avoidance and "white-knuckling" through a fearfind lighthearted ways to release tension in the moment, labeling stressful emotions on... more