How To Overcome Your Child’s Fears? (1)

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5 Simple Ways to Overcome Your Child's Fears
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Introduction

• As a parent, you do not have to despair and feel
  hopeless about your childs fears as anxiety and
  phobias are extremely real and common for a lot
  of children.
• To help your child deal with anxiety, there are
  many things that you can do.
• You may start with teaching your child the skills
  they need to cope with anxiety so that they do
  not feel paralyzed by it.

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5 Simple Ways to Overcome Your Child's Fears

• Be sensitive to your child's feelings. To you, it
  might seem odd that they are going through
  anxiety and fear over something that seems
  trivial to you, but to them, it feels like a real
  fear and you need to understand that and be
  supportive. Encourage your child to talk to you
  and let them know that you are there for them,
  and never punish them for how they feel.
• Do not cater to whatever fears your child fears.
  For example, if you are taking a walk with your
  child and you approach a dog, and your child has
  a fear for dogs, do not cross over to the other
  side of the road specifically to avoid the dog.
  If you do that, the message you are sending to
  the child is that indeed dogs are something that
  should be feared. Instead, support the child as
  you come close to the object that they fear.

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5 Simple Ways to Overcome Your Child's Fears

• Teach your child the techniques that will help
  him or her cope with the anxiety better. Relation
  techniques and breathing exercises can help your
  child become calmer, and therefore reduce their
  anxiety levels.
• When your child becomes anxious or you notice a
  rise in her anxiety, reinforce calmness in
  yourself. Encourage the child to face the
  situation that is making them anxious and uses
  positive reinforcements that will communicate to
  the child that they can overcome this new
  challenge that they have to deal with.
• Encourage your child to take part in activities
  that they enjoy. Physical activity and exercise
  have been proven to release stress, so the less
  stressed your child is, the less the anxiety
  levels will be.

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Contact us

• Parents should not feel hopeless when it comes to
  helping their children deal with anxiety, help is
  available.
• Enroll your child in early learning education
  programs at Childventures for their overall
  physical, emotional and social development.

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