Anxiety is a family inheritance nobody wants to pass down. Yet anxious parents often watch helplessly as their children develop the same fears, worries, and avoidance patterns they’ve struggled with ...

The most anxious generation wasn't raised by parents who loved too little. They were raised by parents whose love made ...

My sister called me from a parking lot once, whispering, because her four-year-old had dissolved into a full meltdown over the wrong color cup, and she didn’t want him to hear her losing her mind too.

Don’t be a worrying helicopter parent. A new poll revealed that most U.S. parents are wary of letting their teenagers venture out on their own — despite it possibly being detrimental to their personal ...

She was folding onesies at 2 a.m. when the image hit: her newborn tumbling down the stairs, limp and silent. The thought lasted maybe three seconds. The dread it left behind lasted the rest of the ...

Dear Eric: In response to “Grateful Son”, who is concerned about his parents’ anxiety. My parents developed anxiety as they became older and, like Grateful Son’s, their anxiety increased with age.

Raising teens can (and should) be nerve wracking. I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on the Anxiety Matters Podcast, hosted by two incredibly thoughtful psychologists—yes, both named Bonnie ...

Psychologists say it is. In fact, they warn that certain "nice" gestures from parents and grandparents can actually cause ...