Comments on: 5 Things You Should Never Say to an Anxious Child https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/ Helping Kids Thrive Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Rachel hobbins https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-2454138 Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:31:22 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-2454138 Thank you I have said for along time my 8yr old daughter has anxiety and its getting to the point she won’t sleep for more then 2hrs with out coming in to us she fears of missing out and is always worried about someone coming in to the house to hurt us iv tryed everything but what I read will help me help her thank you so much

]]> By: Olivia Frentzel https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1570425 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:29:18 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1570425 Thank you for sharing this. My son is 7 and says he knows a robber is going to break in and we have set up every escape plan we can think of for him. It is nice to hear what would be his perspective.

]]> By: Serenity https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1316123 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:46:33 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1316123 ♥BE♥♥ ╗╔╔╗╔╗╔╗╗╔ ╠╣╠╣╠╝╠╝╚╣ ╝╚╝╚╝  ╩     ╩ ❕ ➔❌➔⭕ ◄▬▬▬▬▬▬]]> I am dealing with anxiety and depression and suicidal feelings and thoughts reading this helped me talk to my parents about it thx!:) ▬▬▬▬▬▬►
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]]> By: Labrams https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1304737 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:22:26 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1304737 In reply to Kerensa Jablonka.

Good point, how we frame things matters.

]]> By: Sonia https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1239505 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 03:29:27 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1239505 Thank you
I am still experiencing anxiety and I am on my early 40s, but my 9 year daughter is going thru it also and it breaks my heart.I know exactly how she feels and I wish I could push that button and stop that “worry” that she has if her dog her dad her mom and her sister die.I will definitely use this information even though breathing Techniques don’t really work for her.(she thinks she can’t slow down the breathing )

]]> By: Pauline https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1230772 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 16:13:31 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1230772 Thank you , I was an anxious child. I raised an anxious child. Now that anxious child is raising an anxious child that acts out in anger. This will help.

]]> By: Stan https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1228756 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:55:24 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1228756 I’m the frustrated dad in this scenario but I take comfort in the fact that we do do the deep breathing exercises together and it helps indeed. As for the evolutionary theory we tried that but it didn’t work. Have you thought of creating a YouTube video of yourself, talking to your 8 year old self to provide this advice, in a way a child can relate to? I know I would love to show this and discuss it with my daughter.
Thank you and we’ll check the class

]]> By: Aunt Janice https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1227810 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 03:42:44 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1227810 Thanks, Lucy! Fits our birth family sooo well. Just found out that I have had PTSD since
elementary school. Ugh — finally getting treatment. Hang in there and know you are
understood and loved!!

]]> By: Taffy Dugan https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1227708 Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:15:52 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1227708 Thank you. I really needed this. I do most of these things and my kids have only gotten more scared of bugs. I’ve been searching for what to do. May your suggestions work for us!

]]> By: Jessica https://gozen.com/5-things-you-should-never-say-to-an-anxious-child/#comment-1227549 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:30:31 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=37369#comment-1227549 I am a preschool teacher, and I think that these strategies will be very helpful in the classroom, especially at the beginning of the year when a lot of the kids are dealing with separation anxiety. I’m definitely going to take that master class, and share this article with my colleagues.

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