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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Gaby Hinsliff

Focus on coping, not curing: how to help an anxious child

teenager cutting through the bonds of anxiety

Julia Harris was busy tidying her daughter’s bedroom when she found a diary she suspects was deliberately left out for her to see.

Inside, 10-year-old Rosie had written that she often thought about suicide, although she didn’t think she would actually do it. Harris, a university lecturer from Yorkshire, knew her daughter had become increasingly anxious, both about friendships and school, sometimes refusing to eat in the mornings. But she hadn’t realised quite how bad things had got.

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