by DrBridgetWalker | Aug 18, 2015 | Behavior, Children
Original Article from The New York Times | By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS | View Article DORAL, Fla. — Talking is a skill most children take for granted. But not in this classroom. A dozen young children sit in a circle, dressed for pajama day. Some clutch their knees or a...
by DrBridgetWalker | Aug 18, 2015 | Behavior, Children
Original Article from The Wall Street Journal | View Article It is circle time at summer camp and nearly a dozen 5- and 6-year-olds are sitting cross-legged on a blue rug. “Is it Wednesday or Friday?” counselor Stephanie Schwartz asks. Rachel, a little girl with a...
by DrBridgetWalker | Feb 13, 2014 | Anxiety, Children
For parents of children with anxiety, it can be very difficult to know how to respond appropriately to your child’s distress. Your instincts are to help ease your child’s anxiety in any way you can. What seems helpful in the moment, however, may actually be...
by DrBridgetWalker | Apr 25, 2013 | Anxiety, Behavior, Children
My 3 yr. old is scared of the wind. He freaks out if I open the windows in my home and refuses to go outside with even the smallest of breezes. I tell him it won’t hurt him, but I also refuse to close the windows when he’s acting like this. I...
by DrBridgetWalker | Aug 22, 2012 | Anxiety, Behavior, Children
What if my teacher doesn’t like me? What if I don’t feel well and you are not there to help me? What if the other kids think I’m not as smart as they are? What if I can’t do long division? Can’t I just stay home? Every fall, millions of American children...
by DrBridgetWalker | Oct 24, 2011 | Anxiety, Behavior, Children
Tolerating the distress that an anxious child experiences when his fears are triggered can be challenging. Some parents have particularly low levels of tolerance for the distress of their anxious child and jump in to remedy any distress by any means they can....