Conquer Worry and Fear in Children, Tweens, and Teens!
One in eight children and adolescents are affected by anxiety each year. In addition, 40 million adults are diagnosed with anxiety in a given year, and each was once a child who likely suffered from worry and fear. Imagine how different their lives would be if they had been given the tools to overcome their worry and fear when they were young? You can give your child this knowledge now.
Make Your Worrier a Warrior, and its companion From Worrier to Warrior, have been written to guide parents and children through their daily worries and fears. Together, these books provide easy-to follow, practical strategies. Parents will learn simple steps to help their children, of all ages, fight and overcome their worries and fears. Detailed examples and illustrations invite readers to identify with each of the warriors in the book who have learned to tame and conquer their fears. Children can read the companion book by themselves or read along with a parent or other trusted adult. Using these tools, they will discover that they can face and conquer whatever challenges come their way.
Order your copy of Make Your Worrier a Warrior: A Guide to Conquering Your Child’s Fears (the parent’s version) from’ Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Great Potential Press, or your local independent book store.
Order your copy of From Worrier to Warrior: A Guide to Conquering Your Fears (the kid’s version) from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Great Potential Press or your local independent book store.
Events
Feb. 27, 2017: Athena Academy, Palo Alto
Dr. Dan Peters will speak on “Parenting with Purpose: How self-awareness leads to a vision of successful parenting,” at Athena Academy, Palo Alto, CA. More information to come.
Oct 22-25, 2016: American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. Dan Peters will speak on “The Gifted Child: Misunderstood, Mislabeled, Misdiagnosed,” at the American Academy of Pediatrics national conference this fall in San Francisco. Presentation on Sunday, 10/23 and repeated on Monday 10/24. More information at http://www.aapexperience.org/.
What People are Saying
Simply the best, most useful, and most approachable book
“Make Your Worrier a Warrior is simply the best, most useful, and most approachable book on this subject I have ever read. Dr. Peters has that magic knack for reducing complex information to essential elements that can be mastered by anyone. Down-to-earth, straightforward, and nonjudgmental, this book has it all”â€from recognizing a problem and its likely causes to practical, real-life strategies to conquer the Worry Monster that dwells in all of us, especially our kids. I highly recommend it.”
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