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How Parents Affect the
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BY SISSY GOFF, M.ED., LPC-MHSP
re you comfortable with that?”
Let me tell you a little about the mom who
asked her daughter this question recently at
Daystar Counseling Ministries, where I’ve been
counseling girls and their families for 27 years.
I was about to do an assessment, which means
meet with a new child and family to Daystar.
I knew that the girl was eight and showing
signs of anxiety. As you’ve likely read,
anxiety is now a childhood epidemic in our
country, affecting one in four kids. Girls are
twice as likely to suffer from it as boys. The
jury is still out on the average age of onset,
but it’s typically between six and eight. So,
honestly, this girl fit the profile of almost
every eight-year-old I see for counseling.
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Anxious Daughter