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Can You Help Your Kid’s Anxiety By Changing Your Behavior?

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1. Parents often fall into two traps when dealing with anxious children: being overly protective or demanding. Being overly protective may provide comfort but it doesn't instill confidence in the child. Being demanding doesn't acknowledge that anxiety is not a choice. Instead of these traps, it is more effective for parents to adopt a supportive stance.
2. Having parents with contrasting parenting styles can create traps for children.
3. Being too protective can prevent children from developing confidence and the ability to handle things.
4. Being too demanding is not supportive because it fails to acknowledge that anxiety is not a simple choice.
5. Switching to a more supportive attitude is more productive and useful for parents.
6. Accommodation is an important aspect to consider when addressing parenting styles.

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How to Be More Supportive of Your Child

16:50 • 1min