Help kids find freedom from anxiety with engaging activities for ages 8 to 12
Dealing with anxiety is tough, but with the right tools, kids can learn how to handle it in a healthy way so they can get back to the fun of being a kid. Anxiety Relief Book for Kids is the perfect introduction to anxiety books for kids, full of information and exercises to help kids build skills for finding peace and facing their fears with confidence.
This standout among anxiety books for kids includes:
- An understanding of worries—Unlike many other anxiety books for kids, this one teaches them where worries come from, what they feel like, and ways to conquer them.
- Real-life solutions—Kids will learn to notice when their worries are causing problems, recognize what their feelings are trying to tell them, and come up with ideas for making their worries feel smaller.
- A range of fun activities—Writing, drawing, and meditating will help kids calm their bodies and quiet their thoughts.
- Proven strategies—Kids can start finding relief through exercises based in mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, and exposure therapy.
Help kids show their worries who’s boss with help from this empowering choice in anxiety books for kids.
I asked that he read this and explained that I knew it was for kids and that I was not trying to belittle or make fun of his worrisome nature, but I believed that he might get some benefit from it. And, he did!
Many of the self-help books that I have read are not really self-help; they are often "I'll tell you how how to ... because I'm an expert" books that are ego-boosts for the author but don't really offer true "self-help". This book lets the child (or adult) explore why they feel the way they do and offers practical, and easy ways to understand what's going on in their heads when they may face situations, as well as how to recognize situations that will cause them anxiety.
My family member was grateful for the book. Although in his mid-thirties, he said that looking at his anxiety through the eyes of a child was enlightening. Dealing with angst and anxiety on an adult level tends to be a series of lectures stating "You know that this shouldn't bother you", but this book is more of "we know this upsets you and makes you anxious, now you go and discover why that is and perhaps you can do something about it". It is less preachy and less judgemental, as well as more practical, than many adult approaches to the same subject. The exercises are simple but, in his words, "I tend to use a lot of exaggerated words when I talk, but when I write them down the obviousness of my thought process becomes apparent. My thoughts run rampant, but when I do these simple exercises I have to choose my words more carefully because they are written, and when I look at them with some time given between my writing and my reading, I realize that my original thoughts were much more destructive and over-blown than the reality of the situation. This exercise in writing, and re-reading later, made me more cautious about how I described things, and from then on, by describing them more realistically, I started to think about them more realistically. These simple exercises were very helpful."
I'd recommend this book to anyone who suffers from anxiety, regardless of their age.
Review of: Anxiety Relief Book for Kids: Activities to Understand and Overcome Worry, Fear, and Stress