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Book for child who stresses

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McPo · 12/09/2018 17:39

Hello all

My 4 year old nephew seems to struggle with the concept that other people maybe do things accidentally and that their actions are malicious and he gets quite anxious about it. Eg. if a child is playing with cars near his train set then he worries they will destroy his train track and then if they do, he thinks they've done it intentionally.

I understand this is probably something he will grow out of but was wondering if anyone has recommendations for books I could give him for Xmas which might address this and help him handle it.

I will also talk to my sister about if she thinks a book will help and I understand she may not appreciate that her childless younger sister is 'helping' with the parenting. But we've discussed the fact that his anxiety over people ruining his fun actually prevents him from having fun in the first place as he's too busy worrying!

When I've looked on Amazon there was one about a bag of worries but people stated that one of the things the girl in the book was worried about was being fat and I don't think a 4 year old (or anyone really) needs to be given more things to worry about.

Thanks

McPo

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sleepismysuperpower1 · 12/09/2018 17:45

what about 100th Day Worries
by Margery Cuyler? here is the blurb:

When Jessica's teacher tells everyone in class to find 100 things to bring to school for their 100th day, Jessica starts to worry. She wants to bring something really good but what? 100 marshmallows? No, too sticky. 100 yo-yos? Nah, that's silly. When Jessica reaches the 99th day, she really starts to worry. She still doesn't know what to bring! This book explores general anxiety through the familiar scenario of school by providing the reader with helpful strategies to mange everyday worries.

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