The Child Anxiety FAQ

By Dawn Friedman MSEd

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Each week Dawn answers a frequently asked question about child and teen anxiety. Dawn spent thirty years working with, writing about, and supporting parents and children in her private clinical practice and now as the owner of Child Anxiety Support, a membership for parents of anxious kids and teens.

Episode Date
How do I know if my anxious child is just being manipulative?
Apr 17, 2024
How can a parent deal with acting out behaviors in their anxious child?
Apr 10, 2024
Homeschool made my child's social anxiety worse. Now what?
Apr 03, 2024
Is social anxiety disorder caused by trauma and bullying?
Mar 27, 2024
Can someone grow out of having an anxiety disorder?
Mar 20, 2024
How can I get my anxious child to use their coping tools?
Mar 13, 2024
How can I tell if my child's anxiety is general or situational?
Mar 06, 2024
How do I make my anxious child change?
Feb 21, 2024
What do you do when a child is still as anxious if not more anxious of something after exposing them to it?
Feb 14, 2024
Is it my anxiety? Or my child's?
Feb 07, 2024
When should I be concerned about my anxious child?
Jan 31, 2024
How do I help my anxious child feel heard and understood?
Jan 24, 2024
Can children have panic attacks?
Jan 17, 2024
Should I homeschool my anxious child?
Jan 10, 2024
How do I help my anxious child?
Jan 03, 2024
How do I calm down my anxious child?
Dec 27, 2023
What are some signs that a child has anxiety?
Dec 20, 2023
Does an anxious parent make an anxious child?
Dec 13, 2023
How can I treat my child's anxiety naturally?
Dec 06, 2023
Are there techniques for teaching emotional regulation to anxious children?
Nov 29, 2023
How do I talk to my anxious child about death?
Nov 22, 2023
How do I help my anxious child learn to cope without making them feel like they need to be fixed?
Nov 15, 2023
What do I do if my anxious child is bullying their siblings?
Nov 08, 2023
Could my toddler have anxiety?
Nov 01, 2023
What do I do about my child's anxiety?
Oct 25, 2023
What about gentle parenting for older kids with anxiety?
Aug 30, 2023
Can I parent so well that my child won't have anxiety?
Aug 23, 2023
How do I handle child anxiety meltdowns?
Aug 16, 2023
How do I get out of the anxious reassurance loop?
Aug 09, 2023
What if I don't mind being stuck in the Parenting Pitfalls?
Aug 02, 2023
What does successful child anxiety treatment look like?
Jul 26, 2023
Are there any downsides to practicing gentle parenting with an anxious child?
Jul 05, 2023
How does Pathological Demand Avoidance or PDA fit with regular anxiety?
Jun 28, 2023
Should I tell my child that they have anxiety?
Jun 21, 2023
What do I need to teach my child about anxiety?
May 24, 2023
How do I find time to manage my child's anxiety?
May 17, 2023
What do I do when my child doesn't want to deal with their anxiety?
May 10, 2023
Does my child have social anxiety or are they just shy?
May 03, 2023
How can I tell the difference between an accommodation and a support for my child's anxiety?
Apr 26, 2023
Does mindfulness help child anxiety?
Apr 19, 2023
How do I address child anxiety that's the result of trauma?
Apr 12, 2023
What can I do when I feel like I've failed my anxious child?
Apr 05, 2023
What derails child anxiety treatment?
Mar 29, 2023
Does social media cause teen anxiety?
Mar 22, 2023
Do you recommend any supplements for child anxiety?
Mar 15, 2023
How do I explain to my anxious child that they don't need to be scared?
Mar 08, 2023
How do I get my anxious child to sleep alone?
Mar 01, 2023
Why doesn't encouragement help my anxious child?
Feb 22, 2023
How do I motivate my anxious child to deal with their anxiety?
Feb 15, 2023
How do I co-parent my anxious child with someone who causes more problems with the anxiety?
Feb 08, 2023
If anxiety treatment should include parents, what about treatment for ADHD or autism?
Feb 01, 2023
How do I teach my anxious child coping skills?
Jan 25, 2023
How do I support the siblings of my anxious child?
Jan 18, 2023
What can I do about my anxious child's temper?
Jan 11, 2023
How do I stop getting angry with my anxious child?
Jan 04, 2023
Update Episode
Nov 16, 2022
Why isn't therapy working for my anxious child?
Nov 09, 2022
What if my child's anxiety is rooted in real fear?
Oct 19, 2022
Why do kids love to play about things that scare them?
Oct 12, 2022
Is it better to make my anxious child sleep on their own?
Oct 05, 2022
Does co-sleeping make separation anxiety worse?
Sep 28, 2022
What causes child anxiety and how do you fix it?
Sep 21, 2022
Why does my child's anxiety make my anxiety worse?
Sep 14, 2022
What should we do about our anxious child's negative self talk?
Sep 07, 2022
Why do parents get blamed for their child's anxiety?
Aug 31, 2022
Am I being protective or over protective?
Aug 24, 2022
Is my child really anxious or are they being manipulative?
Aug 17, 2022
Is it ok if I miss school because of anxiety?
Aug 10, 2022
Is failure to launch caused by anxiety?
Aug 03, 2022
How do you distinguish between ADHD and anxiety in children?
Jul 27, 2022
What are some causes of separation anxiety disorder?
Jul 20, 2022
What's the most important thing parents of anxious kids need to know?
Jul 13, 2022
How do I make a decision about anxiety medication for my child?
Jul 06, 2022
How do I help a child with separation anxiety go to sleep?
Jun 29, 2022
Is social anxiety disorder caused by trauma and bullying?
Jun 22, 2022
How can I be more patient with my anxious child?
Jun 15, 2022
Why doesn't validating my anxious child work? Part 2
Jun 08, 2022
Why doesn't validating my anxious child work?
Jun 01, 2022
Why is it that most gifted children tend to have an anxiety disorder?
May 25, 2022
What do parents get wrong about child anxiety counseling?
May 11, 2022
Does reassuring my anxious child help?
May 04, 2022
What can you do with a 4-year old who might have anxiety?
Apr 27, 2022
How can I find a therapist to help my anxious child?
Apr 20, 2022
How is OCD different from generalized anxiety?
Apr 13, 2022
You Are Not Your Mother Episode 7
Dec 28, 2021
You Are Not Your Mother Episode 6
Dec 01, 2021
You Are Not Your Mother: Update
Nov 03, 2021
You Are Not Your Mother Episode 5
Jun 01, 2021
You Are Not Your Mother Episode 4
Apr 30, 2021
You Are Not Your Mother Episode 3
Apr 01, 2021
You Are Not Your Mother Episode 2
Feb 28, 2021
You Are Not Your Mother Episode 1
Jan 21, 2021