PSP 210: How to Help Kids with Anxiety or OCD When They are Angry

Kids with anxiety or OCD aren’t just fearful, often they are angry. Anxiety and OCD can cause kids to rage, meltdown and talk back. It can make them dig their heels in and be oppositional.  But when parents react to those behaviors in “typical” ways, they often hit a brick wall.  Why?  Because often anxiety and OCD is the undercurrent driving those emotions. So if you don’t address the undercurrent, you're missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about how to differentiate between developmentally typical anger vs anxiety or OCD triggered anger. I also talk about the counterintuitive approach to take when you know that the anger was caused by your child’s anxiety or OCD. Also, sign up for my FREE series called Survival Tools for Parents Raising Kids with Anxiety or OCD. It starts May 6th, 2021 and you can watch the videos anytime during the week the series is running. Sign up here: www.ATparentingSurvivalseries.com or text SURVIVALTOOLS to 44222. This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK and Australia. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting *** This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional. To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com Sign up for my weekly email newsletter: https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172 Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival Take one of my online classes: To view the entire online school library, go to: http://www.ATparentingSurvivalSchool.com Classes include: How to Crush Social Anxiety http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-social-anxiety Parenting Kids with OCD  http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/child-ocd Crush Moral OCD in Kids http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/moral-ocd Teaching Kids to Crush Anxiety http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-anxiety Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviors http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/difficult-behaviors Helping Kids Who are Scared to Sleep http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/scared-to-sleep Handling Sensory-Based Anxiety http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/sensory-anxiety Library of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays) http://www.ATparentingSurvivalschool.com/p/library Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival Ultimate list of helpful anxiety products: https://www.ATparentingsurvival.com/reduce-child-anxiety/  To join my private Facebook group visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATparentinganxiouskids/ Interested in my AT Parenting Community Membership? Get on the waitlist: http://www.atparentingcommunity.com For a list of my books visit: https://www.amazon.com/Natasha-Daniels/e/B011K5IIWA Join the fun on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/anxioustoddlers78 Other social places I hang out: http://www.facebook.com/ATparentingsurvival http://www.pinterest.com/ATparentingsurvival http://www.twitter.com/atsurvival http://www.instagram/ATparentingsurvival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.