PSP 103: Learning to Play Detective When Raising Kids with Anxiety or OCD

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety

Natasha Daniels: Child Therapist, Child Anxiety and OCD Expert, Parenting Coach and Parent

Anxiety, Ocd Therapy, Child Anxiety, Child Ocd, Kids & Family, Ocd, Health & Fitness, Ocd In Children, Parenting, Mental Health

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🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Raising a child with anxiety or OCD takes a completely different set of parenting skills. Helping kids work through their issues doesn’t have a begin, middle and end. It is a way of life. A way of looking at life. A big part of staying on top of any progress you have gained is learning how to play detective. When you are raising kids with anxiety or OCD you need to be proactive, not reactive. This doesn’t mean you have to live a life full of fear or worry. But it does mean you don’t want to bury your head in the sand. In this week’s podcast episode, I talk about what I mean by “playing detective” and what that would look like in your home.*** This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.comInterested in my AT Parenting Community Membership? Click below to join us!http://www.atparentingcommunity.com Sign up for my weekly email newsletter:https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172Take one of my online classes:To view the entire online school library, go to:http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.comClasses include:How to Crush Social Anxietyhttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/crush-social-anxietyParenting Kids with OCD http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/child-ocdCrush Moral OCD in Kidshttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/moral-ocdTeaching Kids to Crush Anxietyhttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/crush-anxiety Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviorshttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/difficult-behaviorsHelping Kids Who are Scared to Sleephttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/scared-to-sleepHandling Sensory-Based Anxietyhttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/sensory-anxietyLibrary of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays)http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/libraryUltimate list of helpful anxiety products:https://www.anxioustoddlers.com/reduce-child-anxiety/ To join my private Facebook group visit:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATparentinganxiouskids/For a list of my books visit:https://www.amazon.com/Natasha-Daniels/e/B011K5IIWAJoin the fun on my YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/anxioustoddlers78 Other social places I hang out:http://www.facebook.com/anxioustoddlershttp://www.pinterest.com/anxioustoddlershttp://www.twitter.com/anxioustoddlershttp://www.instagram.com/anxioustoddlers**

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0:00.0	or O. C. D.
0:02.0	And in fact, sometimes kids can get kind of annoyed with that
0:05.0	when they think that that's all you see in them,
0:07.6	that you see everything they do through the lens of anxiety
0:11.4	or through the lens of OCD.
0:13.2	We really don't want our kids to think that that's all we see in them.
0:17.0	We really want to empower them and we want to look at their strengths and the things that
0:21.3	are their superpowers.
0:23.0	So we want to learn how to be a detective in a very covert sort of way.
0:28.0	You don't want to let them know that you're always thinking about it, but, and here's the kind of the balance,
0:35.7	you do need to always be thinking about it on some level.
0:40.4	Now you have to take care of yourself because I know there's many parents out there,
0:45.0	myself included, where we get overly anxious about our children's issues
0:51.0	and when they're going to pop up and how bad are they going to be and how long are they going to last or we're going through a good period how long is this going to last or this is a horrible period how long is this going to last or what will this look like when they're 25, right?
1:05.4	Do you do that?
1:06.1	I do that too.
1:07.1	It's not good and I really try to stop because it doesn't help anybody.
1:12.3	It creates anxiety in our own body and in our parenting and our kids can feel that
1:18.8	and also we're not productive because we're supposed to be the rock.
1:23.4	We're supposed to be the anchor and we're supposed to stabilize our children, even if we have
1:29.2	to fake it till we make it and take care of ourselves in the back room behind the scenes behind the curtain.
1:36.0	Now that can be a hard thing to do sometimes so I totally get that but really we want to make an effort to try to do that. So the reason why you want to
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