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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing I've learned with an anxious child (though not social anxiety), is that anxiety wants certainty and predictability, so while preparing and talking things through in advance can help in the moment, they don't teach skills to process and live with the anxiety itself. Instead, we work on normalizing anxious feelings (it's normal and okay to have those feelings) and don't try to avoid avoid or prevent them. We make space for them, name them, acknowledge them, then use skills (from the "toolbox") to work through them. Continued exposure is important. And social anxiety specifically often gets better with time. You may find that she grows out of a lot of it in the next few years. 9 year olds are naturally a lot more independent from their parents than 6 year olds. She may still be reserved, but the world needs introverts too. [/quote]

I am not the OP, but this is excellent advice[/quote]

Well thanks. We had a really hard day today and this was nice to hear. These things are hard and a long term effort, but teaching them the skills they need to handle things themselves is worth it. [/quote]

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