Anxious Kids? How Parents Can Help
For those with social or situational anxieties, sheltering-in-place may have brought comfort and control, and even the anticipation of re-entry can be debilitating. But these stressful times can also be a teaching moment, for us to validate our kids’ feelings and model healthy coping strategies.
In this Voices of Compassion podcast, we sat down with CHC’s Dr. Joan Baran and doctoral psychology intern Beth Moroney to find out how.
The share of Americans reporting symptoms of anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, or both roughly quadrupled from June 2019 to December 2020, according to a Census Bureau study released late last year. Anxiety can be sneaky, popping up in a variety of cognitive, behavioral and physical ways. Because it affects everyone, anxiety is an opportunity for us to share our own emotional experiences with (and model healthy coping strategies for) our kids.
CHC’s Joan Baran, PhD and Beth Moroney, MA share signs and symptoms to look out for, while teaching us how to be our children’s cheerleaders and reminding us to always put our own oxygen masks on first.
All Voices of Compassion podcast episodes are available on-demand to stream or download. Listen to Anxious Kids? How Parents Can Help online at podcasts.chconline.org. You can also subscribe to Voices of Compassion on Apple podcasts, Spotify and other podcast apps.
Do you need someone to talk to? CHC can help. We invite you to call or email our Care Managers at 650.688.3625 or careteam@testing.chconline.org to set up a free 30-minute consultation. CHC teletherapy services are available now.
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