
08/15/2025
Anxiety & Your Child, presented by Hailley White, LPC-MHSP
When your child is experiencing anxiety, they might not have the words yet to explain what’s going on.
Anxiety in your child can look like:
-Stomach aches
-Racing heart rate
-Restlessness
-Lack of sleep
-Headaches
-Anger
-Oppositional Behavior
The most important first step to take is to connect with your child.
“Frustration, anger, and fear shut down the thinking parts of our brain. When your child is dysregulated, they cannot access the smartest part of the brain until their emotions are calmed.” – Institute of Child Psychology
“Young kids can feel big emotions or think with logic and reason. But they can’t do both at the same time. Connect first. Then reason.” –
“Experience, not information, is the key to emotional development.” -Jonathan Haidt