Comments on: Anxious Child: Helping Your Child To Manage Anxiety & Fears http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/ Parenting, Teen Help, Teen Defiance, Troubled Teens, Teen Parenting Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carng Mom http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-9964 Carng Mom Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:26:56 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-9964 Like my boss, I seldom say great job to a good something, however nowadays right after stumbling directly into the doorsteps of the blog, I can say you did a terrific work! And I ain't your boss. Like my boss, I seldom say great job to a good something, however nowadays right after stumbling directly into the doorsteps of the blog, I can say you did a terrific work! And I ain’t your boss.

]]> By: Kim Lipinski http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-4419 Kim Lipinski Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:19:50 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-4419 I have a son, 9 years old, that has this very same struggle with going to bed. I have found a wonderful CD called "Indigo Dreams" that I stumbled upon on the Autism website. It is amazing how it puts him to sleep in a peaceful state of mind. Before the CD, he would wrap the covers so tightly over his entire body including his head, like he was in a cacoon. This CD is becoming our bedtime ritual. We do it together and after the second story, his arms are outstretched and his body is peaceful and calm and he is fast asleep. The key that I find is to get into a routine and structured bedtime each night and plan on taking 30 minutes to get them to bed each night. I found this to be a lifesaver in our home! I have a son, 9 years old, that has this very same struggle with going to bed. I have found a wonderful CD called “Indigo Dreams” that I stumbled upon on the Autism website.

It is amazing how it puts him to sleep in a peaceful state of mind.
Before the CD, he would wrap the covers so tightly over his entire body including his head, like he was in a cacoon.

This CD is becoming our bedtime ritual. We do it together and after the second story, his arms are outstretched and his body is peaceful and calm and he is fast asleep.

The key that I find is to get into a routine and structured bedtime each night and plan on taking 30 minutes to get them to bed each night. I found this to be a lifesaver in our home!

]]> By: mashelle http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3908 mashelle Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:54:21 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3908 help i have a daughter that has severe anxiety about going to bed and i am at my wits end i don't know what to do anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions on what i can do to help calm her to go to bed without all the problems. she is five years old and I just cant seem to find anything that works!HELP help i have a daughter that has severe anxiety about going to bed and i am at my wits end i don’t know what to do anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions on what i can do to help calm her to go to bed without all the problems. she is five years old and I just cant seem to find anything that works!HELP

]]> By: Susan http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3510 Susan Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:03:40 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3510 My daughter is 9 and my son 11. I have been home with them for 11 years, and just recently went back to work full time. Her nervousness about me going back to work seemed manageable those first couple of weeks because she was in school all day, and my 11 year old would get her off the bus, and 45 minutes later, my husband would be home. Now that it's school vacation, every morning,. it's a teary struggle to get out the door, regardless of who is staying with her for the day, or what activities I've planned for her to go out and do with friends. She doesn't want to go. She's says her stomach is upset, and she can't make it through another terrible day without me. This continues all day, with crying phone calls, and continues into the night, with worry about the next day. How can I help her make this adjustment for days off to come. My daughter is 9 and my son 11. I have been home with them for 11 years, and just recently went back to work full time. Her nervousness about me going back to work seemed manageable those first couple of weeks because she was in school all day, and my 11 year old would get her off the bus, and 45 minutes later, my husband would be home.
Now that it’s school vacation, every morning,. it’s a teary struggle to get out the door, regardless of who is staying with her for the day, or what activities I’ve planned for her to go out and do with friends. She doesn’t want to go. She’s says her stomach is upset, and she can’t make it through another terrible day without me. This continues all day, with crying phone calls, and continues into the night, with worry about the next day. How can I help her make this adjustment for days off to come.

]]> By: Scott http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3277 Scott Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:32:52 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3277 These two parents received help from "Ask A Counselor" listed under Online Parent Counselor in the feature box at the top of this Website. You can too! These two parents received help from “Ask A Counselor” listed under Online Parent Counselor in the feature box at the top of this Website. You can too!

]]> By: michelle http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3276 michelle Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:15:32 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3276 my daughter is 13. She is always nervous.she has panic attacks in the beginning of the school year that she wont be able to keep up with the work. she is a nervous wreck. she also cannot tolerate noise well. she feels my 10 year old son breathes too loud and she cant be in the same room as him. When people whisper she sticks her fingers in her ears to block out the noise. Do you have any suggestions as to what I can do with her to relax her? my daughter is 13. She is always nervous.she has panic attacks in the beginning of the school year that she wont be able to keep up with the work. she is a nervous wreck. she also cannot tolerate noise well. she feels my 10 year old son breathes too loud and she cant be in the same room as him. When people whisper she sticks her fingers in her ears to block out the noise. Do you have any suggestions as to what I can do with her to relax her?

]]> By: Amy Mulligan http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3135 Amy Mulligan Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:37:56 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/anxious-child-helping-your-child-to-manage-anxiety-fears/2008/04/21/#comment-3135 Im a single parent and my daughter is 5....i seperated from her dad when she was 2 and things havent been at all good with us. She still has contact with him through his mother. Lately she has become very withdrawn, not wanting to play out with her friends, visit relatives or anything social. She gets very upset and complains of tummy pains. Im extremely worried and I havent a clue what i can do about it. Shes in the middle of her school holidays at the moment and she seemed fine when she was in school interacting with lots of children and learning new things, Im wondering could this be the problem, could she maybe need to join a club or something. Please help, Im at my wits end :( Amy. Im a single parent and my daughter is 5….i seperated from her dad when she was 2 and things havent been at all good with us. She still has contact with him through his mother. Lately she has become very withdrawn, not wanting to play out with her friends, visit relatives or anything social. She gets very upset and complains of tummy pains. Im extremely worried and I havent a clue what i can do about it. Shes in the middle of her school holidays at the moment and she seemed fine when she was in school interacting with lots of children and learning new things, Im wondering could this be the problem, could she maybe need to join a club or something. Please help, Im at my wits end :(

Amy.

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