What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety

by Dawn Huebner

Book Overview

Gold NAPPA Winner (National Parenting Publications Awards)

What to Do When You Worry Too Much guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety.

Did you know that worries are like tomatoes? No, you can't eat them, but you can make them grow, simply by paying attention to them. If your worries have grown so big that they bother you almost every day,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591473144
• ISBN13: 9781591473145
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Magination Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 7

Customer Reviews

Dishonest description

This is not considered “very good” when all activities in book have been done! I wanted to use this for work and can’t as it has been filled out and drawn on. Very disappointed that it was labeled “very good” when it clearly is not.

When you worry too much buy this book.

My kids 3, 6, & 8 listened quietly and seemed really interested but I just read it to them for the first time today. Time will tell how much they retain and apply to their lives. But even if your an adult there is a lot to learn for yourself, and to help your child if they are too young. But amid the Coronavirus I (the adult) needed to read this, and it helped me. Sometimes the best thing we can do for our kids is let them know we worry too and we can overcome.. we are human, we make mistakes and say sorry.. we feel fear but can deal with it in a healthy way. This book teaches the healthy way to deal with anxiety and worry. I hope my kids get as much out of it as I am. But if not, they listen to our actions more than our words anyway.. and this book is way cheaper than therapy. The best book to combat stress, worry, fear is in my opinion the BIBLE. But this is shorter for sure and is very helpful.

Kids can relate to the ideas in the book.

When your child's anxiety overtakes and consumes their joy, you'd buy 200 books if they'd help your child to feel better. Don't buy 200 books... BUY THIS ONE for your child. My daughter is 9, but reads at 8th grade level, so I was a bit apprehensive about getting this book for her; fearing she'd think it was too baby-ish. Much to my surprise and delight, she loves the book! She says "I love the pictures. It's kind of funny and I like that it has activities to do. The book has good ideas about how to fix my worries." The book does have great kid-friendly concepts like: Worry Time and Worry Bully, with places to draw and write down thoughts. It not only addresses how worries can take over, but empowers kids to fight back and reassures them that when they do, the worries will get smaller and smaller, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...LOSE THEIR POWER OVER YOUR CHILD. The book talks about the positives of getting rid of worries, like giving kids more time to play with their friends instead of worrying. Simple concepts perhaps, but written in a way that kids relate. The concepts are ones that both kids and parents can easily remember and refer to, which also helps when the Worry Bully shows up unexpectedly. Other books that have helped my daughter: Worried No More Worried No More - Second Edition: Help and Hope for Anxious Children by Aureen Wagner, PHD (this is an excellent resource for Cognitive-Behavioral therapy support; workbook pages in the back...) and the meditations books for children by Maureen Garth: StarbrightStarbright--Meditations for Children, Moonbeam Moonbeam: A Book of Meditations for Children, and Earthlight Earthlight (read together before bedtime to help your child visualize a safe, quiet place before they fall asleep...).

The only thing that has helped!

We began working with this book a year ago, when my daughter was 5. When school counselors and psychologists couldn't help, I had to find a way to help my daughter myself. This book is our worry-bible! We go back to it time and time again, to remind her that she is the one in control of this thing that is trying to take over her brain. It includes wonderful activities and practical solutions that she can put into practice. Because that's the hardest part of anxiety - the child is the one who ultimately has to fix it. As parents, the only thing we can do is help them learn how and support them every step of the way. I don't know what we would do without this book!

Empowerment! Practical Help rather than meds!

This book is great! Written at a child's level and it works! I asked doctors for this help and they just wanted to medicate or acted like I was being unreasonable. It really helps children get more in touch with what is going on in their heads and empowers them to defeat it. Empowers parents to be able to help them. For children old enough and with verbal skills enough to discuss what they think and feel. Really opens communication. Children often don't even know how to express their worries.

Great book for young worriers!

This book is well done and easy for younger kids to understand, while not too immature for 10-12 year olds. Provokes good discussion.

Excellent intervention

As any mental health provider will tell you, Anxiety disorders are one of the most frequent problems children face. Trying to help a frightened child talk about the problem and address their fears is often difficult. Children fear that even talking about the problem will make it worse. Dawn Huebner's book provides the solution. In developmentally appropriate and engaging scenarios, Dr. Huebner puts the problem in perspective and introduces interventions and activities which are fun and effective! The book provides a child friendly means of understanding how anxiety disorders can grow and affect a child's life. Cognitive and behavioral skills are than introduced in a manner in which the child can understand and practice. There are even workbook style pages for documenting progress and skills achieved! All of this is presented in a gradual, friendly, manner which is invaluable for the anxious child. This book is a must have for mental health professional, teachers, guidance counselors and parents of anxious children.