Think about a timeline for your daughter’s worries. How have they evolved and with what major life events have they coincided?

In fact, escape and avoidance are two of the most common ways kids and the adults who love them try to control anxiety, according to the authors of The Anxiety and Worry Workbook.

It perpetuates for several reasons, one of which is that our fear sometimes gets in the way of them doing what they need to do to work through their fear.

When there is no real threat, the prefrontal cortex uses its vast powers of imagination. In other words, the amygdala has sent your daughter’s body into fight-or-flight. But the prefrontal cortex now sends her mind into endless exaggerated, catastrophic what-if kinds of possibilities.

“other than showing your child love and affection, managing your own stress is the best thing you can do to be an effective parent.”

Down time is non-focused time. It’s the deliberate doing nothing and “being bored”

have seen several girls over the years who blame general but persistent stomach problems for everything that ails them . . . and don’t really want to be told anything different.

anxiety is at epidemic levels.

it’s a little easier to be seen when you have a piece of neon tape wrapped around your shoulder.