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Parenting Anxiety
- Author
- Meredith Elkins
- Narrator
- Meredith Elkins
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 22 January 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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The first evidence-based guide to empowering both children and parents to battle their anxiety
Even before the pandemic, anxiety disorders were increasing in children and young people. As many parents know only too well, they have since increased exponentially, wreaking havoc on the emotional wellbeing of a whole generation. But is there anything parents can do to help their children, especially when they’re struggling to manage anxiety themselves? Absolutely – and this book will show you how.
Offering parents a clear, accessible roadmap from constantly fearing the next meltdown to a enjoying calmer, happier life for your entire family, Parenting Anxiety is full of expert, evidence-backed advice – not only to help children soothe their anxieties, but helping parents manage their own, too.
Written by Dr Meredith Elkins – a Harvard Medical School-trained paediatrician and anxiety specialist – the techniques in this book are grounded in cognitive behaviour therapy and backed up by scientific evidence, offering you reliable methods to strengthen your family’s anxiety-fighting abilities. Tackling one of the hardest issues facing families today with wisdom, warmth and humour, this is an essential handbook with advice that will help every modern parent.
© Meredith Elkins 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
Critics Review
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Parenting anxious kids is demanding – especially so when you’re anxious yourself. [This book is] a must-read and truly a gift for any parent or caregiver raising children in today’s pressure-filled world.
Jennifer B. Wallace, author of Never Enough
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Chock full of evidence-backed tips that will reassure even the most anxious parent, Parenting Anxiety is a warm, empathetic, and essential guide for anyone struggling to understand how to support an anxious kid
Rebecca Winthrop, coauthor of The Disengaged Teen
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A premier child anxiety expert and a compassionate, relatable parent, Dr. Elkins brings a rare and powerful blend of expertise to Parenting Anxiety. She offers key strategies that can reduce both parent and child anxiety while facilitating calmer, more joyful parent-child connections. It is both validating and empowering.
Donna B. Pincus, author of Growing Up Brave
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Parenting Anxiety is a deeply insightful and empowering lifeline for any parent riding the emotional rollercoaster of raising an anxious child while also navigating their own self-doubt, guilt, and fear.
Jonathan Comer, coauthor of Psychopathology: Science and Practice
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Elkins provides accessible tools to reduce anxiety in both children and parents and backs up her clinical experience with current research. The result is a comprehensive road map for managing anxiety that will enlighten and empower.
Publishers Weekly
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Elkins brings vast experience to this empowering guide. . . . By acknowledging parental anxiety as a substantial but surmountable entity, Elkins provides ample compassion with her expert advice.
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Details
- Author
- Meredith Elkins
- Narrator
- Meredith Elkins
- Duration
- 8 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 January 2026
- ISBN
- 9781529988031
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Genre
- Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues, Children’s health, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The first evidence-based guide to empowering both children and parents to battle their anxietyEven before the pandemic, anxiety disorders were increasing in children and young people. As many parents know only too well, they have since increased exponentially, wreaking havoc on the emotional wellbeing of a whole generation. But is there anything parents can do to help their children, especially when they’re struggling to manage anxiety themselves? Absolutely – and this book will show you how.Offering parents a clear, accessible roadmap from constantly fearing the next meltdown to a enjoying calmer, happier life for your entire family, Parenting Anxiety is full of expert, evidence-backed advice – not only to help children soothe their anxieties, but helping parents manage their own, too.Written by Dr Meredith Elkins – a Harvard Medical School-trained paediatrician and anxiety specialist – the techniques in this book are grounded in cognitive behaviour therapy and backed up by scientific evidence, offering you reliable methods to strengthen your family’s anxiety-fighting abilities. Tackling one of the hardest issues facing families today with wisdom, warmth and humour, this is an essential handbook with advice that will help every modern parent.© Meredith Elkins 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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