When the World Feels Like a Scary Place
Essential Conversations for Anxious Parents and Worried Kids

When the World Feels Like a Scary Place is a good book to have on your shelf especially during these times! My usually happy, joyful 6 year old has become incredibly anxious during these COVID-19 times. Suddenly he is constantly worried...whether it is that people he knows are going to get sick or d......more

This book has some good ideas about talking to your kids in a calm and productive manner. It has techniques for defusing anger with compassion, and managing stress and anxiety when your children are confronted with difficult issues. There are example conversations and situations that deal with circum......more

This book is great on facilitating conversations that correspond to specific hard topics with your child. However, listening to it from beginning to end is very repetitive and tedious. I would suggest reading only the chapters that apply to or interest you, as most chapters repeat the same advice.......more

As a parent with a child that was already anxious and had already sought professional help to manage prior to a global pandemic and intensely horrible political climate, I found this book helpful. It gave me some new practical tools. Some food for thought and made me feel a little more empowered. I......more

I received an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers. This book is a valuable tool for all parents new and old. I loved the difficult topics this book covers from early years to teenage years and advice on not only topics and scenarios that......more