Anxiety Free Child https://anxietyfreechild.com Information, news, and resources for parents of children struggling with anxiety. 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Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:00:38 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5818 https://anxietyfreechild.com/lecturing/feed/ 4 How to Help Your Anxious Child Build Mental Strength https://anxietyfreechild.com/mental-strength/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/mental-strength/#respond Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:00:46 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5811 https://anxietyfreechild.com/mental-strength/feed/ 0 How Parents May be Increasing Child Anxiety https://anxietyfreechild.com/parents/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/parents/#respond Wed, 30 May 2018 10:00:03 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5803 https://anxietyfreechild.com/parents/feed/ 0 Why Picture Books are Ideal for Helping Child Anxiety https://anxietyfreechild.com/books/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/books/#respond Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:00:25 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5797 https://anxietyfreechild.com/books/feed/ 0 Why Children with Cats Have More Mental Health Issues https://anxietyfreechild.com/cats/ 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https://anxietyfreechild.com/toys/feed/ 1 Why Anxious Children May Cyberbully Themselves https://anxietyfreechild.com/cyberbully-self/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/cyberbully-self/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:00:59 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5769 https://anxietyfreechild.com/cyberbully-self/feed/ 0 Why Teen Anxiety is Skyrocketing https://anxietyfreechild.com/teen-anxiety/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/teen-anxiety/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:52:21 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5760 https://anxietyfreechild.com/teen-anxiety/feed/ 0 Can Praise Backfire for Your Anxious Child? https://anxietyfreechild.com/praise-backfire/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/praise-backfire/#comments Sat, 30 Sep 2017 10:00:44 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5753 https://anxietyfreechild.com/praise-backfire/feed/ 1 What to Do When Your Anxious Child Refuses to Go to School https://anxietyfreechild.com/school-refusal/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/school-refusal/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2017 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Symptoms Can be Same https://anxietyfreechild.com/mental-or-physical/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/mental-or-physical/#respond Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:00:27 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5726 https://anxietyfreechild.com/mental-or-physical/feed/ 0 How to Help Your Anxious Child Cope with Scary Events https://anxietyfreechild.com/scary-events/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/scary-events/#comments Wed, 31 May 2017 10:00:38 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5716 https://anxietyfreechild.com/scary-events/feed/ 1 Why Teasing Can be Good for Your Anxious Children https://anxietyfreechild.com/teasing/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/teasing/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:00:59 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5708 https://anxietyfreechild.com/teasing/feed/ 1 Why Today’s Teens are Perpetually Plagued by Anxiety https://anxietyfreechild.com/anxious-teens/ https://anxietyfreechild.com/anxious-teens/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:28:13 +0000 https://anxietyfreechild.com/?p=5702 https://anxietyfreechild.com/anxious-teens/feed/ 1 Are You Addicted to Your Anxious Child? 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