Helping Children Deal with Fear and Anxiety

John begins this episode feeling nervous, mostly because he has
unrealistic expectations about wishing to solve everyone’s
anxiety problems with one podcast episode. Fortunately, because
Sara is a genius, she immediately helps John feel better about
his unrealistic expectations . . . although Sara also immediately
makes it so John regrets calling her a genius. As the podcast
continues, Sara also shows that she’s not only a genius, but that
she is also a neurotic mom who has instilled bizarre fears in her
children. (Actually, Sara’s children’s former fear of sharks in
the University of Montana pool weren’t really her fault, but
because John is writing up this summary of the podcast, John is
getting back at Sara for gloating about being a genius.) At this
point, rather than continue to make myself (John) sound good and
my co-host (Sara) sound neurotic, I should just say that you
should listen to this podcast to learn common childhood fears and
strategies for helping children face their fears.


 


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