Parenting Your Teen Struggling with Anxiety

Parenting Pathway Podcast Volume 1.2

In our latest Parenting Pathway Podcast series, we are discussing parenting a child who suffers disabling anxiety. In part one, Family Ministry Pastor Dave Carl has a conversation with Jeri Marshall, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Erin Johnson, Licensed Processional Counselor Intern with Watershed Initiative.

We will look at how the changing environment around our kids with the influence of social media and gaming, and the pressure to be perfect leaves it’s footprint on our kids. We are seeing normal teenage anxiety morph, change, and grow. And as parents, this can be frightening. A normal nervous stomach ache now becomes a full panic attack. The temptation is to jump in and smooth the waters for our kids, but is that the right approach?

In this episode, we discuss what normal anxiety looks like in teens and when anxiety starts to be disabling.  We also talk about how we can parent through some of life’s daily challenges. And, Jeri and Erin offer real advice on how to dig into the pressures your child is facing and better understand when it might be time to seek additional help.

Raising kids in the modern world is a real parenting challenge, and we want to talk with you. Join us in listening to part one of this two-part series about parenting teens with anxiety.

You can read more about identifying anxiety in your teen by reading our earlier blog post from Erin,  Take the Anxiety out of Teen Anxiety.

Author

  • Dave Carl

    Dave Carl is the Family Ministries Pastor at Stonebriar Community Church and is responsible for the ministry focusing on children birth through high school graduation and the parents who love them. With a ministry philosophy based on Luke 10:27, his primary focus is to give parents the skills to raise kids who truly love Jesus and want to serve others. Dave has a passion for ministering to families in crisis in our community. He has spent several years pouring into fathers and husbands and helping them learn that they need community, were designed to guard and protect, and that they really can be the spiritual leaders of their family.

    Dave and his wife of 30 plus years, Cathy, have two adult children and one in college and grandparents to three amazing children. They are completely in love with these new member of their family. Dave is an avid woodworker and loves to write. He sees all stories in the form of pictures, and he would love to connect with you!

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