Parenting and Personalities

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How to Help Your Anxious Child Without Rescuing Them

How to Help Your Anxious Child Without Rescuing Them6 Oct29 min

What if helping your anxious child avoid something today is quietly making it harder for them tomorrow? Kate Mason sits down with Professor Vanessa Cobham, a clinical psychologist, University of Queensland professor, and one of the minds behind Fearless Triple P, a free program for parents of anxious children. Drawing on years of research and clinical work in Brisbane's public Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Vanessa reframes anxiety as a normal, useful part of being human a...