by NatashaDaniels (Author)
Why does your toddler get upset when his or her routine is disrupted? Why do they follow you from room to room and refuse to play on their own? Why are daily routines such as mealtimes, bath time, and bed time such a struggle?
This accessible guide demystifies the difficult behaviors of anxious toddlers, offering tried-and-tested practical solutions to common parenting dilemmas. Each chapter begins with a real life example, clearly illustrating the behavior from the parent's and the toddler's perspective. Once the toddler's anxious behavior has been demystified and explained, new and effective parenting approaches are introduced to help parents tackle everyday difficulties and build up their child's resilience, independence, and coping mechanisms. Common difficulties with bath time, toileting, sleep, eating, transitions, social anxiety, separation anxiety, and sensory issues are solved, along with specific fears and phobias, and more extreme behaviors such as skin picking and hair pulling.
A must-read for all parents of anxious toddlers, as well as for the professionals involved in supporting them.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 21 Sep 2015
ISBN 10: 1849057389
ISBN 13: 9781849057387
Book Overview: Understand your toddler's anxious behaviors, and help them to develop lifelong coping mechanisms
One of the hardest things about parenting a child with anxiety is a feeling of isolation - when all the handy tips and parenting advice is working for other children but not solving issues for your own, where do you turn?
This book is quite literally a companion for the journey. Practical advice - explanations that make you sigh with relief at the recognition that you aren't alone and can help your child feel safer in the world.