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April 29, 2025 • 7 - 9 p.m. EDT

Breaking the Anxiety Cycle: Practical Tools for Parents of Worried Kids

Breaking the Anxiety Cycle: Practical Tools for Parents of Worried Kids

April 29, 2025 • 7 - 9 p.m. EDT Instructor: Ashlyn Ellington

Ashlyn Ellington, LCSW, will lead us in Breaking the Anxiety Cycle: Practical Tools for Parents of Worried Kids.

Parenting an anxious child can feel like walking a tightrope—wanting to support them while also encouraging independence. In this 2-hour interactive workshop, we’ll explore how to balance healthy expectations and appropriate accommodations to help your child build confidence, manage anxiety, and develop resilience.

Topics include:

  • Understanding anxiety in children: What’s normal and when to be concerned
  • The role of parental responses: How to provide support without reinforcing fear
  • Balancing empathy with encouragement: When to push and when to comfort
  • Strategies to reduce anxious behaviors at home and school
  • Practical tools to help your child tolerate uncertainty and build emotional resilience

On-Demand Courses

Preview some of our On-Demand courses

Supporting Your Bio Children When Fostering

Stephanie Watts

Fostering and Adopting in a Co-Missional Marriage

Beth Guckenberger

Fostering Teens 101

Tori Hope Petersen

Rhythms for Calm Parenting Series

Jedd Medefind

Building Self Worth in Our Children

Dr. Chinwe Williams

The 4 R's of Educational Advocacy

LaToya Gray, Ed. S.

Strengthening Your Marriage Strengthens Your Parenting

Tony and Venita Mitchell

The Big 3: Raging, Lying, and Stealing

Barb Clark

Smartphones 101 Series

Barrett Johnson

Negative Thinking and Suicidal Ideation

Jason Bohn

Bragging Rights as a Parent

Kondo Simfukwe

Fighting the Stigma When Things Go Wrong

Meredith Shuman

How to Live a Full Life

Kondo Simfukwe

Relational Needs of Teenagers

Bryan Davidson & Nathan Castleberry

The Importance of Living in Community

Dr. Curt Thompson & Jason Johnson

Social Media and Internet Safety

Detective Phillip Grant

Parents as Leaders

Mark and Kristin Orphan

How Would Jesus Parent?

Greg Lombard Rae

How to Survive Children's Trauma as a Caregiver

A Trust-Based Response to Substance Abuse

Greg Lombard Rae

Challenging Behaviors

Ryan North

Confronting the Fear of Not Having What it Takes

Dr. Curt Thompson & Jason Johnson

Understanding Secondary Trauma

Jenn Meyer

Parents as Models

Mark and Kristin Orphan

Shame Free Parenting

Jason Regier

Celebrating Black History in Your Family

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Fostering and adopting children is a journey that can be both incredibly fulfilling and difficult. Foster and adoptive parents are faced with the challenge of learning to parent differently. FaithBridgeU is here to help.