We all want to protect our children from anxiety. But could we be making it worse?

Summary

No one wants their child to struggle. But the things parents do can disempower children later in life The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work When a child is anxious, most parents instinctively want to make things better. If your daughter is terrified of attending a birthday party, you might suggest she stay home. If your son worries you’ll forget to collect him from school, you reassure him that you’ll be there. When your child is afraid to sleep alone, you sit beside them until they fall asleep – inadvertently setting up a…

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