Anxious Parents Can Learn How To Reduce Anxiety In Their Kids
[Photo by Ellen Webber] NPR reporter Patty Neighmond does a great eight-minute feature on how 11-year-old Noah Cummings and his parents, Heather (an anxious parent) and Dave, used cognitive behavioral therapy to help Noah overcome his anxiety. One study shows that therapy for children AND their parents (and no drugs) helps prevent children from becoming anxious. The first step for Noah was to help him understand how anxiety made his stomach ache. Lyons often draws cartoons to show...