The Anxiety Cure for Kids
A Guide for Parents
Chapter One
Understanding
Anxiety and Fear
The Dragon
This book must begin with the Dragon, because without the
Dragon there is no problem. The anxiety Dragon is the cause of
the disability and the distress that your child exhibits. Of course,
the Dragon is an imaginary creature. Our explaining that anxiety is
like a Dragon may strike some people as simplistic-or, even worse,
as condescending. We see the functions of the Dragon, the Wizard,
and the Research Notes quite differently. These tools are invaluable
in explaining the complex biological, psychological, medical,
and research components of anxiety. The field is changing rapidly,
and changing for the better, as you will see in Chapter 2. For now,
however, the best way to explain anxiety is to begin with the reason
you picked up this book: you care about a child who is in distress.
We know many children like this. Throughout the book, we give
examples of kids with anxiety problems, because it is inspiring to
read about other children with similar problems who got well. We
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