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For Parents Scaredy Cat
Cosmos Crow will use this brief opportunity to explain the major points in each story.
In this way, you will be able to insure that your child is learning how to develop Good Thinking, so that they will have OK Emotions and Thumbs Up Behavior. These are the skills necessary for a successful and happy life.
We all have some “Scaredy Cat” qualities. We get anxious when called on to speak in public or when someone
asks for our opinion about something. Maybe we get concerned when attending an event where we know
few others or when we get a letter marked, “For Official Use Only.”
These are typical and “no big deal.” But what if public speaking is a requirement for a job you want and your unwillingness to open “that letter” could have serious legal consequences. Now those “scaredy cat” qualities are causing you some real problems.
Having irrational fears about normal life situations and human interactions is normal but “limiting”. These fears will cause you to avoid doing things you really want or need to do.
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