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Anxiety in Children: Why it is so Important to Help Your Child When They, and the Problem, are Smaller

As part of my series of tips on parenting, I decided to delve deeper into the growing issue of anxiety in children. As the mother of a wonderfully sensitive child, who has challenged me to be that much better a parent because of her sensitivity, the topic is near and dear to my heart. My [...]

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Anxiety and Children: Parenting your Sensitive and/or Anxious Child

Read this article even if you haven’t dealt with anxiety and children, special needs, disrespectful children, or otherwise challenging-to-raise children! Chance are you automatically have judgments when you see children having a tantrum or acting poorly in public, even if those judgments are sympathetic to the child or the parent.How you react can be part [...]

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Anxiety and Children; The Powerful Concept of ANTs

If you have had issues with anxiety and children, you know how challenging it can be. As the parent of a daughter with a tendency towards anxiety, I have been so grateful for the work of Dr. Daniel Amen. His powerful ants concept has helped me to teach my daughter how to ward off those [...]

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Praise is the New Criticism; How Hyper Parenting is Backfiring

A young college student said this powerful statement, “Praise is the new criticism,” on a CBC special last night on Hyper Parenting. He went on to say that behind every praise is the expectation that the behavior will be repeated. I’ve taught for years that we have to be very careful with praise. This young [...]

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Children and Depression, Anxiety in Children and Perfectionism

I am a recovering perfectionist. As such, I have a lot of experience with anxiety, depression and other issues that perfectionism can trigger. My love for my beautiful daughter has pushed me to get to an even healthier place of healing from perfectionism. What I don’t heal, she picks up on and adopts as her [...]

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