When parent's concerns and good intentions go wrong the impact can be distressful for teens. Is your anxiety creating anxiety and avoidance behavior in in your tween? How can you avoid this?

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Lynn Lyons is a psychotherapist and co-author with Reid Wilson of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous and Independent Children. Dr. Reid WIlson is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Heather Wolpert-Gawron is an award-winning middle school teacher in Los Angeles. Dr. Jann Gumbiner is a licensed psychologist specializing in child and adolescent psychology.