My Child’s Anxiety is Making Me Anxious!

Anxiety, worry, and stress are normal emotions that we all experience, right? So why do we try so hard to make it stop when it surfaces in our children (of any age)? Today’s guest is a friend who knows firsthand about helping children with anxiety. Her name is Katie Wetsell, and she is the founder of Parent with Hope! She is a pediatric nurse, mom of four, and specializes in SPACE training to help parents support their children with anxiety. If you have wondered how to help your child overcome fears or anxiety, this is the episode for you! Katie helps us navigate our children’s fears with empathy and confidence. Katie joins Alan & Corrie to help us understand why our children experience anxiety and how to help them without becoming anxious parents.

Alan and Corrie love to help parents gain confidence in navigating the many challenges of parenting. Our greatest desire as parents is to connect with our children’s hearts and share God’s love and mercy with them. When we started parenting, we thought our discipline methods were achieving this goal, but we discovered our approach was actually driving our children further from us and their hearts further from God. We were frustrated, feeling hopeless, and lacking joy in parenting. In desperation, we signed up for parent coaching with a ministry called Connected Families. It brought renewed connection into our parenting and gave us a biblical framework to model God’s grace and truth. Our passion is to help other families experience that same change and restored joy in parenting using the Connected Families framework. We work together with you to make a practical plan to handle your specific parenting challenges in a way that reflects God’s love for you and your children. Visit Building Wise Families