Growing Pains

Growing pains: Colman Noctor on how to deal with childhood anxiety

Growing Pains

Show Notes

Child psychotherapist and best-selling author, Dr. Colman Noctor, joins ieParenting editor, Irene Feighan, to discuss the epidemic of anxiety among young people.

Colman offers guidance on recognising when anxiety goes beyond the norm and how to help your child through it.

He explains that while he does not buy into the notion that strength comes from adversity, there needs to be a balance between helping your child and letting them figure things out for themselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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