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Unlock the secrets behind your child’s worries. Is your bright child overwhelmed by worries that seem beyond their years? Do questions about global issues or personal anxieties keep them up at night? "Why Smart Kids Worry" offers a compassionate roadmap to understanding and supporting your...

Being the parent of a smart child is great - until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations run wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help? In Why Smart Kids Worry, Allison Edwards guides you through the mental and emotional process of where your child's fears come from and why they are so hard to move past. Edwards focuses on how to parent a child who is both smart and anxious.

Esta obra nos ofrece una visión que cambiará la forma en la que padres y maestros lidian crisis conductuales al dar un paso atrás para lidiar sus propias reacciones y ayudar a que los chicos a recuperen el control de sus sentimientos y acciones. La autora se avoca a explicarnos por qué se da el estado desbordado, qué hacer para que el cerebro del niño regrese a su estado normal y cómo enseñarle estrategias de afrontamiento para lidiar con su vida emocional sanamente.