How to support our children and help them outsmart worry.Scripts: What to say to help your child outsmart worry.How breathing can help- and why children are often resistant to it.How we can help a child to manage anxiety differently.Why it’s not enough to simply reassure a child.How you get a child to do something s/he is afraid to do.How anxieties grow and become fears- whose fault is this?.She is based in Exeter, NH, where she specializes in the treatment of anxious children and their parents. Huebner gave a TEDx talk on Re-Thinking Anxiety, and is a popular speaker for both parenting and professional groups. Her work has been featured on The Today Show, WebMD, Parents Magazine and other news and media outlets. We need some tips and scripts to help our kids tame those jitters- especially when we aren’t there to help the, Well, we are in luck- my next guest is going to help us talk to kids and help kids understand and outsmart worry.ĭawn Huebner, PhD, is the author of the award-winning What to Do When You Worry Too Much, the brand new Outsmarting Worry, and 6 other books for children that have been translated into 21 languages and are nearing the 1 million mark in sales. As an adult, sometimes our kids’ worries seem strange or illogical and we can get frustrated or overwhelmed, annoyed or even worried about their worry. Others worry about bugs or thunder storms, bad dreams or being away from their parents.

Some kids worry about school, tests, or where they’re going to sit at lunch. Does that happen to your kids? In certain situations, it can happen to mine. Some people are able to move through worry fairly easily while others find that worry can get in their way. Do your children or young teens get nervous? Scared? Jittery? Uneasy? Agitated? Stressed out? Well, everyone gets worried sometimes.

Outsmarting Worry by Dawn Huebner