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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is bad parenting to talk to young kids about this at all. [/quote] Especially with anxiety related to the pandemic, we are trying to shield our kids from what is going on and I won’t apologize for it. They will have plenty of time in life to learn about these issues.[/quote] I so appreciate your concern, but the research on anxiety suggests your approach is exactly what makes it worse. Avoidance is the thing the makes anxiety worse; learning to tolerate stress/unhappiness/etc is the thing that makes it better. It's believed that one reason rates of anxiety disorders are going up is the (very well intentioned but misguided) effort to spare kids any unpleasantness or stress. they don't learn to deal with it and can't cope as they get older. If you read up on anxiety you'll see what i mean. [/quote]
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