The Fear Fix: Solutions For Every Child's Moments of Worry, Panic and Fear

by Sarah Chana Radcliffe

The author of Raise Your Kids without Raising Your Voice guides parents through their children’s anxieties and fears.

While serious anxiety affects one in five children and teens, virtually every child has anxious moments and frightened feelings. The Fear Fix approaches anxiety as a normal process of thinking and feeling that occurs naturally in people of all ages. Friendly and authoritative, the book helps parents understand the difference between “normal” and more serious anxiety so that parents know when professional help is required and when “home treatment” is appropriate.

Sarah Chana Radcliffe offers parents a wide range of interventions, layered in such a way as to offer parents as many useful options as possible to help their kids through all the small and large anxious moments that they will inevitably encounter. For this reason, Radcliffe gives parents three levels of intervention: things they can say and/or do in the moment that can help their youngster negotiate feelings of fear; fear-calming activities and exercises they can teach their child to use independently; and mind-body strategies they can use with their child in order to uproot the child’s fear at its source.

Genres: Parenting

288 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2013

Reviews

[Dona Matthews · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book delightful--practical, well-informed, thoughtful, and beautifully-written. It's a great book for every parent: helpful for parents dealing with everyday worries all the way to more serious concerns. Radcliffe shows what works in teaching kids effective coping strategies, and why. She provides detailed parent-friendly recommendations that go a long way both to soothing immediate fears and preventing long-term problems. I highly recommend it!