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[quote=Anonymous]Sounds like your girl is anxious, and has worries about new situations. Totally understandable at 3. It sounds like she may have an anxious personality overall, and you would like to help her manage it. Parents are really, really important in how we react, and our natural reaction to anxiety is often the opposite of the most helpful way to react (i.e. when the kid is anxious we often reassure "oh, there is nothing to be afraid of! It will be fun!" when research shows it is actually most helpful to challenge the fear "so what would happen if they DID laugh at you? What would happen then?"). This book is a little old for your DD, might might help you coach her: Anxiety Free Kids. My kid has anxiety and we started with a therapist who used the author's methods. It helped quite a bit. My sibling's kid also did CBT at age 5 and it was very helpful. Obviously I am not recommending therapy for a 3 year old, just that you think through the principles and methods of CBT and use them to respond to your child's anxieties.[/quote]

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