Anxiety

Quick Guide to Anxiety in Children - Child Mind InstituteDownload our free guide to different kinds of anxiety in children. Anxiety causes an extreme feeling of unease in kids. While some anxiety in stressful situations is normal, it becomes a disorder if it lasts a long time or gets in the way of daily life.

Anxiety Disorders (for Parents)Anxiety is a normal part of growing up, and all kids experience it. But when it becomes extreme, it can interfere with a child's overall happiness.

What to Do (and Not Do) When Children Are Anxious - Child Mind InstituteHow to help a child with anxiety? We bring expert parenting advice on assisting children to escape the cycle of anxiety. Learn what to do and not to do, anxiety treatments, and behavioral modification techniques.

8 Ways Parents Increase Children's AnxietyParents unknowingly wield the paintbrush of anxiety, coloring their children's worlds with shades of worry.

Anxiety in children - Harvard HealthYoung children may feel worried or fearful from time to time, but more serious anxiety in children can interfere with development. There are a variety of treatment options, and parents can learn st...

Supporting A Child With Anxiety | Tips & AdviceIf your child or teenager is struggling with anxiety, read our tips, advice and resources for ways you can support them and places you can get help.

How To Help A Child Struggling With Anxiety : Life KitWhen a child is scared of the dark or being left alone, it can be hard for adults to know the difference between an age-appropriate fear and full-blown anxiety. This episode is full of tools to help parents better understand and manage their child's "worry brain."

Helping Kids with Anxiety: Strategies to Help Anxious ChildrenAnxiety in children can worsen as they grow. Here's how to identify a childhood anxiety disorder and how to help your child manage their anxiety

Pandemic Parenting, Stress, and AnxietyCOVID-19 has left many parents struggling with anxiety and depression and feeling alone. But there are coping strategies that can help build resilience.

Anxiety Meditation for Kids

10 Tips for Parenting Anxious ChildrenMany well-meaning parents try to protect anxious kids from their fears, but overprotecting can actually make anxiety worse. WebMD explains.

Anxiety: the stepladder approach

Self-esteem and Confidence Building

Overcoming Shyness: Fostering Self-Confidence in Your Anxious ChildThese immediate issues tend to take center stage for parents—and other symptoms of anxiety disorders may be overlooked. But many kids and teens dealing with anxiety disorders are often also experiencing low self-esteem. In fact, the two issues usually go hand-in-hand, which is why it’s important to work with your child on a

5 Ways to Boost Your Elementary Child’s Confidence and Esteem | PublicSchoolReview.comLearn about how you can encourage your child’s self-esteem and confidence during the formative elementary school years.

Confidence & Self-Esteem - Child Mind InstituteResources to help children build confidence and self-esteem, counter the undermining effect of social media, and develop skills.

How to Build Boys' Self-Confidence - Child Mind InstituteBoys' self-confidence can be undermined by gender stereotypes, too. How to help them handle competition and bullying, and express feelings.

Raising Girls With Healthy Self-Esteem - Child Mind InstituteHow to help our daughters develop confidence and a positive body image. Raising girls with healthy self-esteem in the age of mixed messages.

Self Esteem Activities to Boost Confidence - Good Bye Anxiety, Hello Joy6 Self Esteem Activities to Boost Confidence in Anxious Children will help parents and teachers understand and learn how to help a child with anxiety feel more confident in themself.

SCHOOL REFUSAL

School refusal: When a child won’t go to school - Harvard HealthThe adjustment from summer vacation back to the structure and demands of the school year affects many students, but some experience so much anxiety that they avoid going to school. Understanding th...

When Kids Refuse to Go to School - Child Mind InstituteRecognize school refusal or a struggling student in your child. Child Mind Institute offers tips for parents on how to get kids back in class.

School refusal: when kids say no to school

School Avoidance Alliance: Facts, guidance, resources and support - School Avoidance AllianceLeading the Way, Helping You Improve School Avoidance Outcomes.Discover a wealth of resources to help chronically absent kids back to school. Learn Mo

My Child Doesn’t Want to Go to School: What to SayWhen your child doesn’t want to go to school, it’s important to find out why. Here are things you can say when your child avoids going to school.

‘I’m lucky if I can get him out of bed’: NYC families struggle with school refusalMany children have days where they dread school or try to get out of going at some point in their academic career. But following prolonged campus closures due to COVID, more students seem to be suffering from an extreme aversion to being in the classroom that clinicians call school refusal.

Students are increasingly refusing to go to school. It’s becoming a mental health crisis.Since the pandemic, more students are school-avoidant, leaving parents feeling hopeless and schools unequipped to find a solution.

School Avoidance Facts - School Avoidance AllianceEducators School Avoidance Facts Welcome to our school avoidance community. Together we can improve and save lives. Our community is made up of famili

Avoiding and Refusing to Go to SchoolFor many reasons, including anxiety, depression, social issues and learning problems, an estimated 10-15% of kids are chronically absent from school.

School Refusal: Treatment, Causes, Symptoms, Tips & SeriousSchool refusal occurs when a student will not go to school or frequently experiences severe distress related to school attendance. Read about assessment, interventions, and treatment strategies for school refusal.

School Avoidance: Tips for Concerned ParentsFor some children, merely the specter of being at school, away from home and apart from their parents, causes great anxiety. Such children, especially when faced with situations they fear or with which they believe they cannot cope, may try to keep from returning to school.

When Your Child Is Too Anxious For SchoolWhen Your Child Is Too Anxious For School - I have learned that our experience with school refusal is not uncommon. This is what it's like.

Important Do’s and Don’ts: From a Fellow School Refusal Parent - School Avoidance AllianceWhen I was in the thick of things with my son’s school refusal, I wish I could have spoken to other parents dealing with the same problem; discuss what was working, what failed, and just the support from another human living a similar experience would have provided comfort. School refusal is complicated. There is no universal protocol and there is limited research to guide us. Therefore, an interchange of ideas and information is key to helping our kids.

School Avoidance: Tips for Concerned ParentsFor some children, being at school, away from home and apart from their parents, causes great anxiety. Especially when faced with situations they fear or with which they believe they cannot cope, they may try to keep from returning to school. Here are tips that can help when your child does not want to go to school.

Child Mind Institute Webinar on "school refusal"

Hannah, a parent whose child has experienced emotionally-based school avoidance (EBSA), talks about the impact the issue had on her son and herself, as well as what helped him re-integrate to mainstream education.

Helping with startegies for children who refuse to do schoolwork or homework.

Emotionally Based School Avoidance- be kind to parents

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