How Does Anxiety Affect Motivation?

Anxiety is a natural human response from feeling threatened or afraid. We're not going to dismiss it entirely, but we want to come up with tools to respond to it in healthy and manageable ways. Kids act out when they're bored and angry or frustrated. Instead of addressing the problem behaviors in the moment, we want to have an alternative toolbox. If things aren't working, table it and come back to it later when emotions have cooled.