Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

Best of: Flusterclux In Session: How To Help A Rigid, Anxious Child By Teaching Flexibility

Jan 10, 2025

This conversation dives into the challenges parents face when raising anxious and rigid children. It highlights the critical role of flexibility in nurturing emotional growth. Personal anecdotes reveal how generational anxiety affects family dynamics. Practical strategies are shared for fostering resilience through open dialogue about mistakes. The importance of reframing challenges as opportunities for growth is emphasized, alongside techniques for teaching adaptability. Overall, it's a roadmap for balancing structure with emotional support in parenting.

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Parental modeling of perfectionism can exacerbate rigidity and anxiety in children, necessitating self-reflection and behavioral changes from parents.

Building flexibility in both parents and children is crucial, as recognizing personal rigidity fosters a healthier emotional dynamic within the family.

Implementing playful strategies that normalize mistakes and teach emotional recognition can significantly improve a child's resilience in facing challenges.

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Intro

5min

Navigating Anxiety in Parenting

12min

Navigating Anxiety in Parenting

9min

Navigating Mistakes in Parenting

14min

Embracing Mistakes: A Path to Resilience

5min

Navigating Perfectionism and Anxiety in Children

19min

Teaching Flexibility to Rigid and Anxious Children

4min

On this re-cast of a popular Season 5 "In Session" episode, Lynn talks to a mom who is beginning to recognize patterns of rigidity and anxiety in her 9yo daughter and, more importantly, the ways both she and her husband react to uncertainty and judgement in themselves and others. When the goals of being right and being perfect are modeled, children often react with shut downs or freak outs when they themselves fall short. How does a busy, rigid family step out of this trap?

WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.

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Parents of Anxious Kids, Start Here

For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy.

Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection.

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