PSP 193: How to Not Pass Our Fears onto Our Kids

Our kids are emotional sponges. They soak up our happiness, but they also soak up our fears. Often when trying to help our kids with anxiety we might project our own worries onto them. Sometimes we might spread our fear throughout the house. In this episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast I dive into three main topics. First, how do we keep our fears in check during this global pandemic and societal unrest so we don’t inadvertently spread those fears to our children? Second, how can we decipher what are our fears and what are our child’s fears? Sometimes we smush the two together and reality gets blurred. Lastly, how can we respond to our kids when their anxiety makes us anxious? What can we do when sitting with our children’s anxiety creates our own? *** This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional. Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com Sign up for my weekly email newsletter: https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172 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 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.