Anxious children - anxious parents. What do you do with a child who gets stomach aches every morning when it's time to go to school, refuses after-school activities, or compulsively washes in the bathroom? Among our children, anxiety has now reached epidemic proportions. Unfortunately, in the attempt to help, many parents and professionals inadvertently reinforce the child's fears and avoidance behavior.

After their great successes with hundreds of organizations, schools, and countless families, anxiety experts Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons share their unconventional method in this book. Follow the extraordinary, effective, and well-proven approach to help children and teenagers overcome their fears, worries, and phobias, ultimately becoming more resilient, independent, and happier.

• Recognizing anxiety-promoting patterns: including reassurance, accommodation, avoidance, and poor problem-solving
• Learning to master fears: a concrete plan with seven "puzzle pieces" for positive change
• Anxious children - anxious parents: exercises and techniques for new thinking and behavior patterns on both sides

Includes a download link to "Casey's Guide" for children and teenagers aged 8 to 15: In "Casey's Guide," 14-year-old Casey, whose case is detailed in the main book, shares her own stories, analogies, and metaphors about how fears develop, how they can affect the whole family, and how she has managed to cope with her own fears. The approximately 150-page supplementary book is available for download as a PDF file.