Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled What Parents Need to Know About Anxiety (with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart)
Dec 8, 2020
Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart discusses distinguishing anxiety from normal childhood fears, strategies for alleviating anxiety in children, importance of parent-child communication, and navigating children's emotions to build resilience.
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Learned Fear of Frogs
- Ann-Louise Lockhart recounts her childhood fear of frogs, learned from her mother's anxiety.
- Her mother's fear made her hyper-vigilant, demonstrating how anxiety can be learned.
Parents Managing Their Own Anxiety
- Parents with anxiety should address their own issues first to avoid reinforcing anxiety in children.
- This self-work is crucial, even if the child receives professional help.
Managing Anxiety: Education and Breathing
- Educate children about anxiety's physical and emotional effects.
- Teach deep, diaphragmatic breathing to manage physical anxiety responses.