When Reassuring Your Anxious Child Backfires

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry by Flusterclux LLC

Aug 21, 202631:15Kids & family

Reassurance seeking is one of the most common anxiety behaviors between children and parents (and children and teachers…and between adults, too!) Offering reassurance is a short term fix but sustains the anxiety loop. Th...

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