Parenting Tip

Anxiety First Aid

Anxiety is challenging for anyone, and children and young people need solutions to help them address it. Too often children are faced with pressures that exceed their developmental abilities. They need training, comfort, and care. The current challenges they are experiencing can provide them with opportunities to develop life-long solutions. Everyone must have a plan for addressing anxiety, worry, and fear in their lives.

Below is the video recording of a webinar that contains about 50 minutes of teaching regarding anxiety in children and young people followed by questions and answers. 

First, he provides several tips for Anxiety First Aid in order to address episodes of anxiety in a child on the spot. Then he goes deeper, examining Anxiety Wellness using a heart-based approach. He shares several ways to help children develop the life-skills necessary to cope with anxiety for the rest of their lives. The question and answer time provides even more practical application to specific situations.

Anxiety is one of those challenges children face that make our hearts sad because we see that our child is not experiencing life in its fullest capacity. Learning more about anxiety and biblical tools for addressing it can provide you with the practical solutions your child needs.

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