Keys to Parenting Your Anxious Child (Barron's Parenting Keys)

How can parents recognize anxieties that affect their child's happiness and well being, and how can they help their child overcome them? An experienced child psychiatrist answers this important two-part question by describing various anxiety-caused behavior patterns and advising parents on ways to help their child within the context of both family and school environments. New in this edition are discussions of topics that include early adolescents coping with growth anxiety, mid-adolescents and peer pressure, and late adolescents facing social anxieties in an environment that also includes recreational drugs. She also discusses warning signs that indicate a need for professional counseling and tells parents how and where to find it. Titles in Barron's Parenting Keys series cover a wide range of childcare topics and are written by experts in pediatrics, child psychology, and related fields.

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BARRONâ  S PARENTING KEYS

Hereâ  s practical guidance for parents who must cope with the many details related to raising children in todayâ  s unusually demanding environment. Bringing up kids today is differentâ  and in many ways more difficultâ  than it was in past generations. Barronâ  s Parenting Keys speak to todayâ  s parents with answers to contemporary problems.

KEYS TO
PARENTING
YOUR
ANXIOUS
CHILD
Second Edition
KATHARINA MANASSIS, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C.)

An experienced child psychiatrist describes anxiety-caused behavior patterns and advises parents on how to help their child cope with anxieties in the context of both family and school environments. New in this edition is advice on how parents can help with anxiety problems unique to adolescence, updated information on medications, and more suggestions on working effectively with schools. Also discussed are warning signs in children that indicate a need for professional counseling, with advice to parents on how and where to find it.