Description
Book SynopsisA practical parenting resource to understanding and relieving anxiety in kids, including 15 tools and workbook exercises to do with your children to manage their fears and worry less.
Being the parent of a smart child is great-until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don''t get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often experience fears beyond their years. And parents are left asking, why does my child worry so much?
Anxiety is the number one mental health issue for children in the U.S. In this practical parenting resource, psychotherapist Allison Edwards guides you through the mental and emotional process of where your child''s fears come from and why they are so hard to move past.
Answers questions such as:
How do smart kids think differently?
How do I know if my child has anxiety (including a checklist)?
What is the root of my child''s an
Trade Review
"As a psychologist who works with children, I can honestly say this will be one book I will be adding to my borrowing library for parents to read. I have already recommended it to several of the families I am currently working with. Well worth a read for parents as well as professionals. " - Kerry Marsh, LibraryThing
"Therapist Edwards brings profound insight into the minds of gifted, anxious children in this parent-friendly handbook...Fifteen tools for parents and children to use together offer practical approaches to teaching coping skills and emotional competence, and will work well for any child with anxiety. Parents will be comforted by Edwards's analysis, which frames children's worrying as a manageable challenge." - Publishers Weekly-STARRED
"As a parent with anxiety as well as a child with anxiety, this was a really great manual...The combination of information as well as practical use make this book something that will help a wide array of families searching for help. " - Jessica Chiles
"This light, well-organized guide from licensed professional counselor and play therapist Edwards (Vanderbilt U.) offers parents suggestions for helping their children to overcome anxiety stemming from precocious intelligence." - Book News, Inc.
"This light, well-organized guide from licensed professional counselor and play therapist Edwards (Vanderbilt U.) offers parents suggestions for helping their children to overcome anxiety stemming from precocious intelligence." - Book News Inc.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction Part One: How Smart Kids Think Chapter 1: The New Definition of "Smart" Chapter 2: Understanding Your Child's Anxiety Chapter 3: How Children Process Anxiety and Why It Matters Chapter 4: How to Address Your Child's Anxiety in an Age of Worry Chapter 5: Where Intelligence and Anxiety Collide Chapter 6: Why Your Child Doesn't Need to Know about Terrorists Chapter 7: How to Answer "Is Global Warming Real? When Will I Die? Can a Tornado Hit Our House?"... and Other Tough Questions Chapter 8: What Anxiety Leaves Behind Part Two: Tools Tool #1: Square Breathing Tool #2: Worry Time Tool #3: Changing the Channel Tool #4: The Five Question Rule Tool #5: "I Did It!" List Tool #6: The Marble System Tool #7: Giving Your Child a Role Tool #8: Structuring the Unstructured Tool #9: Blanket Tool Tool #10: Over Checking Tool #11: Naming the Anxiety Tool #12: Brain Plate Tool #13: Run Fast! Jump High! Tool #14: The Worry Expert Tool #15: Feelings Check-In Conclusion Checklist of Anxiety Symptoms Think Sheet Acknowledgments About the Author
