Although scientists can’t agree (because it’s difficult to measure), it’s estimated we have around 70,000 to 80,000 thoughts a day. The majority of these thoughts ...

Anxiety and avoidance go hand in hand. Since anxiety is a response to a perceived threat or danger, it’s perfectly natural that when your teen ...

Anxious Kids co-author Dr Jodi Richardson is an expert on anxiety, having lived it and studied it. Here she takes us through her personal journey ...

More than just a nice feeling, gratitude is integral to happiness. If we can inspire and cultivate it in our kids, we’re doing so much ...

On the way to school when our daughter was in grade 3 she read out a diary entry from her new favourite book series, Dork ...

A few years ago I was lying on the floor with our son watching him draw. He was about 6 at the time. He was ...

I want to start by putting your mind at ease. If your child or teenager is having thoughts that are frightening and upsetting, or what ...

Anxiety has a way of clouding over the brightest days. For some kids, anxiety can stand in the way of school camp, parties, sleepovers, performing, ...

“I have seen self-harming in children as young as prep, grade one and two." This quote from a Victorian Primary School principal in The Age newspaper ...