I have to share with all of you the best thing I have found this year. Yes, I know the year has just begun but I have been enthralled and excited about this book “Freeing your child from anxiety“. I have a bunch of anxiety books sitting on my bookshelf and must admit some of them have proven to be helpful but for the most part I’ve found that the idea of dealing with a child who suffers from anxiety from such a young age was virtually unheard of. In this book we are given effect strategies and ideas for all ages preschool through to teenagers. The irony of this book is that the last few times I was in the book store I glanced at it and thought to pick it up but I kept thinking I already have so many anxiety books I’m sure this won’t tell me anything different. Well, for Christmas I was given an opportunity to shop for myself and low and behold I once again found myself pounding the aisles of the book store to only go right back to the parenting section and this book once again spoke out to me. I didn’t look at it much once I got it but waited until christmas; after all it was a Christmas gift.
It was the BEST gift I received. From the first paragraph I could not put it down. I felt like someone had walked into my head and spoke what was garbled up inside. I strongly advise that if you are looking for a book on anxiety and related disorders such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Tourette’s Syndrome and hair-pulling this is the book to get.
The second part of my Christmas gift was a comment posted to the blog dated December 28th “Christmas with an anxious child” by the author of my new found enlightment, Tamar Chansky. I was speechless when I realized that none other than the author of this wonderful wealth of information had commented on my blog.
The book has given me a new focus and further enhanced my confidence. What I love most is that in reading her comment and pouring over the book I have new found hope that things will be alright.
When parents begin to see the “no-fault” nature of anxiety disorders, kids sense that their feelings are being accepted rather than called into question or judged. Understanding your child’s anxiety means accepting your child for how he or she is. Accepting your child doesn’t mean closing the door on change, it actually is the key to opening it. When your child doesn’t have to act out or fight you to help you understand how he is feeling, this frees up that energy to focus on moving forward in making changes.
You can get a copy of the book on-line by following this link Freeing your child from anxiety. If you do pick up a copy let us know what you think?
