Your Anxious Child

Latest Episodes:

Restoring Childhood: How Ste Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety: Interview with Peter Gray Oct 09, 2026

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Peter Gray talks about his new book Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety. Dr Gray offers a refreshing perspective on the challenges that face our children that does assume the social media is the primary cause of the rise in anxiety and depression in children

This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advise

OCD SUCKS: Interview with Natasha Daniels Oct 06, 2026

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In this interview Natasha Daniels talks about her new book OCD SUCKS: A Survival Guide

This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice

OCD SUCKS: Interview with Natasha Daniels Oct 06, 2026

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Natasha Daniels has just published OCD SUCKS: A Survival Guide. Ms Daniels has previously been on this podcast to talk about her workbook Crushing OCD: Workbook For Kids which I regularly recommend to my patients. She explains that her new book "... This is a roll-your-sleeves-up-and-get-to-work kind of book". It gets straight to the point about the essential skills that you need to regain control of your life.

Natasha Daniels has many resources available at her web site-including courses, and her own podcast which make her the essential person to go to if you have a child with OCD

https://atparentingcommunity.com/

Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety: Interview with Peter Gray Sep 28, 2026

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Peter Gray is a research professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College. He is one of the leading authorities on the importance of independent play for children and the natural ways children can learn. His new book Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety challenges the idea that social media and smart phone are the cause of the increased incident of depression and anxiety. In a very carefully constructed arguement, he maintains that schools adopting the Common Core curriculum with its emphasis on test performance is the primary culprit. In repeated surveys of children, school is always identified as the most stressful environment. Essentially the Common Core made school substantially more stressful. He also notes that our children are entering a digital world and simple restrictions may be doing them a significant disservice. His argument is thoughful and well constructed

For more information about Peter Gray https://www.petergray.org/

Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood: Interview with Darby Saxbe, PhD Jul 14, 2026

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Darbu Saxbe, PhD is clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Southern California. Her book Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men's Lives has just been published. She explains how fatherhood can change the brain just as it does for mothers. For the purposes of this podcast we should note that father's often have an easier time with children at school drop off and at nighttime. Dr Saxbe gives words to the experience of fathers both validating and normalizing their experience.

For more information

https://www.darbysaxbe.com/

P.S. I have given her book to serveral dads-it so readable and informative

Anxiety Relief for Kids: Interview with Bridget Flynn Walker, PhD Jun 30, 2026

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Please note this interview is for educational and informational purposes only and not a substitue for medical advice

Dr Walker talks with me about the second edition of her book Anxiety Relief for Kids

For more information about Dr Walker

https://drbridgetwalker.com/

Anxiety Relief for Kids: Interview with Bridget Flynn Walker, PhD Jun 30, 2026

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Bridget Flynn Walker, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist who has just published the second edition of Anxiety Relief for Kids: On-the-Spot Strategies to Help you Child Overcome Worry, Panic and Avoidance. She is also the author of social anxiety relief for teens: a step-by-step guide to feel confident & comfortable in any situation.

For more information: https://drbridgetwalker.com/

Elizabeth Preston: The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care Jun 16, 2026

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Elizabeth Preston talks with me about her new book The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care. Her book and discussion with me is fascinating discussion about the evolution of caregiving and parenting on Earth. She demonstrates how animals have so much to teach us about cargiving and the conditions that promote it. Her discussion helps us reconnect with our biology and our relationship to the natural world. This is important because we know that when we ignore our biology, mental health problems frequently follow.

For more information: https://elizabethgpreston.com/

The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care: Interview with Elizabeth Preston Jun 16, 2026

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Elizabeth Preston`is a science journalist who has just written The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care. Her book is a fun and exceptionally informative book on the evolution of caring and why we are such caregiving animals. Her descriptions of caregiving in 70 plus animals species are compelling by themselves but also have much to teach us about caregiving. And while this podcast doesn't talk specifically about anxiety, I think it is fair to say that a variety of mental health issues can arise when we ignore our biology. Ms Preston is helping us reconnect with our biology.

For more information: https://elizabethgpreston.com/

This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or mental health advice.

Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting: Interview with Nina Bandelj Jun 08, 2026

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Nina Bandelj is Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Today we are talking about her new book Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting. She addresses the problem of parental burnout among America parents from an economic sociological perspective and comes to very similar conclusions that people such a Meredith Elkins have come to from a clinical perspective.

For more information https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/overinvested

This conversation is for information purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advise