Today, psychologists and treatment programs are increasingly focusing on how parents can alter their own behavior to best help their anxious children. Socially anxious children are afraid of interacting with peers and may be miserable during playdates and birthday parties. ‘Parents of anxious children can make things better—or worse—with their own behavior.’There are effective treatments, including therapy, medication or a combination of the two. Researchers say that the parents of anxious children can make things better—or worse—with their own behavior. Because of this constellation of problems, there is a growing push to identify anxious children and treat them early.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 08, 2017 17:59 UTC