For Part 1 of this two-part series, see The Risks of Accommodating a Child's Anxiety. Research suggests there is a lot parents can do to improve their child’s anxiety. While many of us have the ...

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Your child doesn’t want to go to the playground to play with other kids. Or she doesn’t want to attend a friend’s birthday party or the class pool party. How do you know whether she’s just having a ...

As the temperature rises deep into the dog days of summer, so too does children’s back-to-school anxiety. It’s as predictable as sunburns and 4th of July fireworks, but the form it takes may surprise ...

Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary Audrey-Ann Deneault receives ...

Anxiety is normal, adaptive, and crucial to our survival. It is an evolutionary trait designed to elicit the "fight-or-flight" stress response to aid in responding quickly to life-or-death or other ...

To avoid that, psychologists share that it's best for parents and grandparents to steer clear of these seven "nice" phrases ...