PGK-Episode 157: Teaching Your Kids Not to Worry (with guest Joshua Straub)

Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker

Dr. Meg Meeker

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Children don’t often know how to voice their worries, and they may even think the things they are worried about are silly or unimportant. Today’s guest, Dr. Josh Straub, along with his wife, Christi, co-wrote the children’s book, “What Do I Do With Worry?” as a way to help parents foster emotional awareness in their kids. Listen in and be equipped to help your kids deal with worry and anxiety in a positive way. Dr. Meg & Guest Dr. Josh Straub (Part 1) If a child doesn't have the language to express what they are worried about, it can manifest in ways that show up as disobedience, anger, fear, or in other ways. Experiencing this firsthand with their own children was a major reason why Dr. Josh felt compelled to write, “What Do I Do With Worry?” While many parents focus on addressing the outward manifestation of negative behaviors, Dr. Josh explains how they can dig deeper into their child’s heart to find out if their child may actually be feeling worried – while manifesting a different, negative behavior. The focus should be on the emotion that the child is experiencing, not just the behavior being exhibited. Dr. Meg & Guest Dr. Josh Straub (Part 2) As the conversation continues, Dr. Josh Straub explains the difference between worry and anxiety in children. What causes anxiety in kids? How can we best help our kids deal with anxiety? Dr. Josh uses examples from the book to teach parents how to connect with their children when it comes to dealing with anxious thoughts and behaviors: Talk about it. Label specific worries. Be grateful. In a very finite way, parents can help calm their children’s brains when they are worried or anxious, when they sit with them and listen to what they have to say. FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode 157, What Do I Do With Worry? and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach more than SIX MILLION downloads! Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at www.meekerparenting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For 30 plus years, I've seen every type of child grow up.
0:06.0	Instead of giving me what I wanted, she gave me what I needed, which was true.
0:10.5	Don't let emotions win. Let truth win.
0:14.0	Do your very best and you should have a lot of fun while you do it.
0:16.5	And the better you get at something, the more fun you're going to have is something.
0:19.0	You, moms and dads are wired with everything you need to be a parent to a great kid.
0:27.0	Well, welcome to Parenting Great Kids.
0:29.0	This is episode number 157 and I am your host who is always here, Dr. Meg Meeker.
0:36.0	You know, if you have young or middle school aged kids, you're going to love this show.
0:42.0	We'll be talking about kids and worry with psychologist and author, Josh Straub.
0:48.0	You know, I always try to find the best experts that I can in any field of topic
0:55.0	that I'm going to be talking about.
0:57.0	And I'm proud to say that I believe we've really done that over the past years.
1:02.0	It's present to you professionals who are really fabulous and well-known in their field.
1:07.0	Remember, if you like anything that you hear on the PGK podcast, please think about joining my PGK community.
1:14.0	You can find out about it at meekerparenting.com.
1:18.0	Also, go to my website.
1:20.0	I have courses you can check out and lots of things there to help you.
1:25.0	Parent your great kids.
1:28.0	So let's talk about author and speaker, Josh Straub.
1:32.0	By trade, Josh is the speaker, author and family and leadership coach.
1:37.0	He's a champion of human empathy and Josh leads famous at home,
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