PSP 157: How to Explain the Coronavirus to 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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🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Our kids worry about death. They worry about disease. They worry about germs. And even if they don’t worry about those things now, who’s to say they won’t start? So how are we supposed to explain the Coronavirus to kids with anxiety or OCD?That can be tricky. But if your child is school-aged and doesn’t live in a bubble, they’re going to hear lots of talk about it. In fact, it seems like that is the main topic of conversation around the lunch table and at recess.In this week’s podcast episode, I talk about how to explain the Coronavirus to kids with anxiety or OCD.Also, in this week’s Kids Youtube video I am offering you some help with this difficult topic. I talk to kids and teens directly about what the Coronavirus is and how to not let panic set in.Click Here to Watch the Kids Youtube Video: https://www.anxioustoddlers.com/how-to-explain-the-coronavirus-to-kids/***This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.Visit my website at http://www.ATparentingSurvival.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://www.ATparentingSurvivalSchool.comClasses include:How to Crush Social Anxietyhttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-social-anxietyParenting Kids with OCD http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/child-ocdCrush Moral OCD in Kidshttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/moral-ocdTeaching Kids to Crush Anxietyhttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-anxiety Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviorshttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/difficult-behaviorsHelping Kids Who are Scared to Sleephttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/scared-to-sleepHandling Sensory-Based Anxietyhttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/sensory-anxietyLibrary of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays)http://www.ATparentingSurvivalschool.com/p/libraryUltimate list of helpful anxiety products:https://www.ATparentingsurvival.com/reduce-child-anxiety/ To join my private Facebook group visit:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATparentinganxiouskids/Interested in my AT Parenting Community Membership? Get on the waitlist:http://www.atparentingcommunity.comFor 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/ATparentingsurvivalhttp://www.pinterest.com/ATparentingsurvivalhttp://www.twitter.com/parentingsurvivalhttp://www.instagram/ATparentingsurvival***

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0:00.0	Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the
0:08.2	Chaos of Parenting a Child with Anxiety or OCD. This show is for educational purposes and is not
0:14.8	intended to replace the guidance of a qualified professional. Here's your
0:18.9	host child therapist Natasha Daniels.
0:23.0	Well, hello there and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast.
0:29.0	Today I feel like it's a really important topic because all the talk about the And if you can't avoid it, your kids can't either.
0:44.0	So I thought it might be good to do an episode on how do we talk to our anxious kids about the coronavirus?
0:51.0	Or how do we talk to our kids with OCD about a virus without
0:55.8	overwhelming an anxious kid or a child with OCD. Super tricky and I'd rather not
1:02.0	sit back and wait and be reactive and then put out fires. I'd rather be proactive,
1:09.2	at least as much as we can, and provide them with information. But then I'm getting
1:14.5	asked a lot by parents and even the media what do you say to kids? What should you say to
1:19.3	kids? What should you say to help calm them down even when as adults were feeling kind of
1:25.4	panicky about this situation. It can be very overwhelming. So I'm going to dive all into that
1:30.3	today and give you some ideas and approaches and some important things to think
1:36.1	about when you're talking to your children with anxiety or OCD because there's a lot of talk
1:40.9	about how to talk to children in general but what about a child who already has an anxiety disorder or an obsessive compulsive disorder?
1:47.6	How do we talk to those kids?
1:49.6	So before we get started, I do want to mention that you can be accessing my free mini-OCD class and
1:58.0	I have a mini class that goes over the misperceptions of childhood OCD.
2:02.8	And even very well seasoned parents who have been in therapy for years
2:06.7	have found some takeaways and aha's
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