When One Child’s Needs Dictate A Family’s Routines, How Can We Support the Siblings?

About this episode

This episode discusses how to balance the needs of one child with the needs of their siblings in the context of anxiety and other issues.

In this episode, Robin and Lynn tackle the topic of siblings. How can parents best balance the significant needs of one child with the needs of other siblings? Be it anxiety, OCD, or medical issues, how are siblings impacted? And how can families interrupt patterns, have direct conversations and, as always, stay out of the powerful cult of anxiety? WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS. Here is our first: For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy. Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection. We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you! FOLLOW US Join the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids. Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram. Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Lynn Lyons, Robin Hutson

Topics covered

• siblings
• anxiety
• OCD
• family dynamics
• parenting support

Keywords

• siblings
• anxiety
• OCD
• family routines
• parenting

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Organizations: Flusterclux

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