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The Worried
Child
By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)
Fear. ŐĞƌ Žƌ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ĐĂƚĐŚĞƐ ƵƐ ďLJ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ
Anxiety. ͻ ^ƚƌĞƐƐ͗ ĂŶLJ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ;ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ
Fright. Žƌ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞͿ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ ĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚ
Stress. Žƌ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ
Are they all four words for the same &ĞĂƌ ŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů ŝŶƐƟŶĐƚƐ͘
thing? In this book, The Worried Child: tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ͕ ŽƵƌ
Recognizing Anxiety in Children and ďŽĚLJ ŐŽĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ĐĂůů
Helping Them Heal, Dr. Paul Foxman ͞ĮŐŚƚ Žƌ ŇŝŐŚƚ͟ ŵŽĚĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ
explains that fear, anxiety, fright, and without our thinking about it, instead
Bulletin
stress while related, all have slight- or body takes over and prepares by
ůLJ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐƐ͘ ŶĚ͕ ŽŶĐĞ ǁĞ ƚĞŶƐŝŶŐ ŵƵƐĐůĞƐ͕ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚ
ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶƐ͕ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ rate, sharpening the vision and hear-
ĮŐƵƌĞ ŽƵƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĂǀŽŝĚ- ing, and intensifying breathing. All of
ĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůĂďůĞ͘ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ĂůůŽǁ ŽƵƌ ďŽĚLJ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ
ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ Žƌ ƌƵŶ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ
>Ğƚ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶƐ͗ ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂů ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͕ ŽŶĐĞ ƚƌŝŐŐĞƌĞĚ ďLJ
ĚĂŶŐĞƌ͕ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ĞĂƐŝůLJ ƐƚŽƉƉĞĚ͘
ͻ &ĞĂƌ͗ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ
ĐůĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ Žƌ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ^Ž͕ ŚŽǁ ĚŽ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ;ĂŶĚ ĂĚƵůƚƐͿ ŐŽ
ͻ ŶdžŝĞƚLJ͗ Ă ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ĂƉƉƌĞŚĞŶ- ĨƌŽŵ ĨĞĂƌ ƚŽ ĂŶdžŝĞƚLJ͍ tŚĞŶ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ
sion or worry about a danger or threat ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĨĞĂƌ͕ ĚƵĞ
ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂLJ ŽĐĐƵƌ ƚŽ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ƚŚƌĞĂƚƐ Žƌ ƐƚƌĞƐƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ
ͻ &ƌŝŐŚƚ͗ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ĨĞĂƌ ǁŚĞŶ ĚĂŶ-
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