About this episode

Child psychologist Saskia Joss discusses handling children's anxiety and offers practical strategies for parents.

On this week's fascinating Friday Q&A, we're joined by child psychologist Saskia Joss, who has a new book out Help! My Child's Anxiety is Giving Me Anxiety . Saskia answers your parenting questions, shares practical strategies for supporting anxious children, and offers reassuring advice to help parents navigate big feelings with greater confidence and calm - a topic which clearly hits Zoe deeply. Saskia also talks about teaming up with Trainline and Yoto with their free ' Draw Along ' collection, focussed on keeping kids entertained on train journeys, without staring at a screen the whole time! Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meantime check out Made By Mammas on Instagram: @madebymammas. Made By Mammas® is an Audio Always production. Emma Spring Bank Holiday Sale is live! Get up to 25% off plus extra 5% using the code MAYSLEEP at Emma Sleep . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Zoe

Guest: Saskia Joss

Topics covered

• children's anxiety
• parenting strategies
• mental health
• child psychology
• screen-free activities
• train journeys

Keywords

• children's anxiety
• parenting
• mental health
• Saskia Joss
• anxiety strategies
• screen-free entertainment
• train journeys

Sponsors

Emma Sleep

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trainline, Yoto, Made By Mammas, Audio Always

Books & works: Help! My Child's Anxiety is Giving Me Anxiety

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