Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast,

where you get help and guidance

through the chaos of parenting a child

with anxiety or OCD.

This show is for educational purposes

and is not intended to replace the guidance

of a qualified professional.

Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels.

Well, hello there, and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast.

Today, I want to talk to you about a really important part of our journey as a parent,

raising a child with OCD or anxiety, and that is knowing when to step back, supporting your child without

pushing your child. And that's a hard dance to do. Trust me, I know. And I want to talk about

how do we do that effectively or at least show up with intentions of doing that

as effectively as we can because it's not plug in play. It's not, you know, read a book and do

exactly what you're being told to do regardless of your child's anxiety or OCD issues. It's nuanced.

And I'm going to talk about finding that balance and how to know when are you pushing too much,

which can threaten our child's ability to feel hopeful, to feel motivated, can crush self-esteem.

We'll get into all the ramifications of us pushing too hard,

but also some of us don't push enough. And so that's a conundrum of where is that sweet spot and how do

I find it? And a lot of us miss it. But if you're missing it all of the time, then we can do

long-term damage and we don't want that. So we're going to talk all about it. But if you're missing it all of the time, then we can do long-term damage and we don't want

that. So we're going to talk all about it and find that sweet spot for you. But before I get

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