Kansas City area pediatrician Dr. Natasha Burgert wants parents to become more prepared to help when their children are struggling with anxiety. She told KCUR’s Up To Date that is why she wrote her new book, “Managing Childhood Anxiety For Dummies.”
“I think that most kids are perfectly capable of learning about anxiety and their emotional health and responding appropriately,” she said. “The vast majority of kids with anxiety just need a little validation that their experience is real and support from people who love them.”
Burgert said the amount of children experiencing anxiety has increased in recent years, but people have also gotten much better at identifying it…