This is part one in a three-part series. Michelle and Emiliano have a 10-year-old daughter with extreme anxiety and panic attacks. In our first full episode, Leslie sits down with these parents to strategize ways to help Willow with her sleep difficulties, school anxiety, and panic attacks when faced with new situations. This session explores the causes that are underlying these behaviors, and Leslie goes over practical skills to help parents manage their children’s anxieties.

In today’s session, Michelle and Emiliano shared many stories of how sensitive their daughter Willow has been throughout her life. This is a family of highly sensitive people. Their life choices of sending Willow to a small school, living in the countryside, and their human-rights work careers, support this fact. These all too often missed biological family traits should not be ignored when trying to understand your child. The old adage the apple doesn’t fall from the tree is relevant when parenting.

To learn more about these skills:

Book Mentioned:
The Fussy Baby Book: Parenting Your High Need Child From Birth to Age Five by William Sears, MD, and Martha Sears, RN

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Credits: Is My Child a Monster? is produced by Alletta Cooper, Dale Rubury, and Leslie Cohen-Rubury. Theme music is by L-Ray Music. Public relations is handled by Tink Media. Graphics and website design byBrien O'Reilly. Transcriptions by Eric Rubury. A special thanks to everyone who contributes their wisdom and support to make this possible.

Michelle & Emiliano Part 1 of 3: When Your Kid Struggles With Anxiety