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Why Smart Kids Worry

And What Parents Can Do to Help

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Why Smart Kids Worry

By: Allison Edwards
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
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Being the parent of a smart child is great - until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations run wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help?

In Why Smart Kids Worry, Allison Edwards guides you through the mental and emotional process of where your child's fears come from and why they are so hard to move past. Edwards focuses on how to parent a child who is both smart and anxious and brings her years of experience as a therapist to give you the answers to questions such as:

  • How do smart kids think differently?
  • Should I let my child watch the nightly news on TV?
  • How do I answer questions about terrorists, hurricanes, and other scary subjects?

Edwards's 15 specially designed tools for helping smart kids manage their fears will help you and your child work together to help him or her to become more relaxed and worry-free.

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"Therapist Edwards brings profound insight into the minds of gifted, anxious children in this parent-friendly handbook. Fifteen tools for parents and children to use together offer practical approaches to teaching coping skills and emotional competence, and will work well for any child with anxiety. Parents will be comforted by Edwards's analysis, which frames children's worrying as a manageable challenge." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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As a Professional Nanny, I will use all the information and tips I learned from listening to this audible book.

Thank you!

Excellent read for parents and caregivers

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I’m really glad that I had someone recommend this book. They said it would explain our daughter to us a little bit because she’s so smart. Every moment I thought oh she doesn’t worry about these things within a few days I would hear her and she would bring up some thing that was talked about in the book. If you have a smart kid it is well worth listening to this book just so that you understand what they’re going through and why they little minds are working a mile a minute when yours didn’t maybe do that the same way. I look forward to reading other books by her around this topic or others.

Nailed it and then some…

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I found the tools really helpful and my daughter's anxiety has been manageable for her. I also found it helped us communicate better because i understand where she is at. I found some of the tools useful for myself as well, why i have anxiety, how we process it is different. This book bridged the gap for us.

Helped not only my child but me too

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The book had so many examples that I could relate with and then solutions. I will definitely be buying a hard copy as a reference.

real talk and answers!

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I love the tools that were provided. I loved the voice of the narrator.

useful information

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This book is not only full of actionable tools to help your child grow with their anxiety, but a wide lense view of child psychology that puts the use of these tools into perspective.

A pragmatic book with great voice and compassion

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While listening to this book, I kept thinking… wow does she know my daughter?! Did she write this book for me?! The information was exactly what we needed and I’m so grateful.

I feel like this book was made for my family

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I enjoyed listening and learned a lot from it as a mom of 3 boys

Learned a lot

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One of our children has quite a bit of anxiety, and there were many aspects in this book that are easily relatable.

Super Relatable

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