You don’t need a plan or a script tonight, just a few honest sentences you can say out loud, right when it counts.
“That fear is real to you, and I'm not going to laugh at it.”
“Let's get a little closer to it together, just for a minute.”
“You get to go at your own speed with this one.”
Facing a fear in small doses, at a child's own pace, builds real courage instead of forced bravery.
In their story, a character faces the scary thing in small, manageable steps, and finds their own trick for feeling a little more in control.
It ends in a quiet win over the fear, one that happens at exactly the pace your child's character needs.
Read more: Stories for Anxious Children: A Gentle, Practical Approach
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