When the Worry Will Not Settle

Where to start

• Name what your child’s body is doing, briefly, in plain language.
• Find one place this week where they could have more say.
• Keep reassurance short; offer structure and choices instead.
• If the worry goes on for weeks, or your child needs the same answer again and again before they can settle, talk to your GP.

The rest of the tip, and why it works, is in the library.

Source

Anxiety UK, guides on helping an anxious child

It goes with

• When Reassurance Stops Working. For parents whose child is anxious and can’t be talked out of it, however often the adults around them try.
• Trauma in Childhood. For parents whose child has been through something hard, or whose family has.

The first chapter you open here is free to read in full.

Free on this subject

• Anxiety. What to do first, what helps, and who else can help. Free to read and to print.
• Emotional regulation. What to do first, what helps, and who else can help. Free to read and to print.