Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry Best Of: How To Support Your Anxious Child 101
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Jun 20, 2025 Discover practical strategies to support anxious children and demystify their worries. The discussion highlights the physiological aspects of anxiety and encourages recognizing family patterns. Parents learn to avoid reinforcing anxieties while fostering resilience within their children. Communication tactics are emphasized to promote healthier family dynamics, along with resources to empower families in managing anxiety collectively. Personal stories and insights offer a roadmap to understanding and alleviating childhood anxiety.
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Support Child without Enabling Anxiety
- Support your anxious child by being empathic and validating but avoid supporting the disorder itself.
- Learn how anxiety physiologically works to help your child better manage symptoms and reduce panic.
How Anxiety Works in Brain
- Anxiety happens when the brain's prefrontal cortex imagines danger, triggering the amygdala's alarm system.
- The amygdala cannot tell real danger from imagined threats, causing physical anxiety symptoms.
Own Family Patterns
- Examine your family patterns and your own behavior as anxiety is influenced by both nature and nurture.
- Parents should model awareness and manage expressions of fear around children to reduce anxiety reinforcement.
