Anxious, Fearful Children Excessive anxiety, selfishness and
anger in children can be major sources of tension and conflict
in families and marriages. This chapter is meant to help parents
come to a deeper understanding of how they can protect the
emotional lives of their children from anxiety and fears and
guide them. A number of virtues will be presented which can help
children and teenagers grow in their ability to deal with their
insecurities, fears, anger and sadness in an appropriate manner.
A separate chapter on this website addresses the anxiety and
anger in obsessive-compulsive disorders in children. Case
studies from the child chapter of Helping Clients Forgive: An
Empirical Guide for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope (American
Psychological Association Books, 2000) will be presented. In a
recent research update on child and adolescent psychiatric
disorders the authors stated that there is mounting evidence
that many, if not most, lifetime psychiatric disorders will
first appear in childhood or ado