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Fears & Phobias in Kids, feat. Susan Sprich, PhD – Shrinking It Down

Shrinking It Down logo - Illustration of two retro microphones around a bright orange brain. Podcast covers topics including anxiety, depression, stimulants, social media, autism, gun violence, coping, phobias, fears, emotions, suicide, mental health, conversations, young adults, teens, kids, children, school, college, eating disorders, anorexia, digital media, instagram, ukraine, terrorism

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Fears and phobias are not the same thing.

All of us have fears – kids and adults alike. Many of us even enjoy a good scare now and again (there’s a reason why horror movies do so well). And most fears in our children – real or imagined – eventually respond to reassurance, emotional calming, or distraction.

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Treating Specific Phobias in Kids

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It was the last semester of medical school, and Philadelphia couldn’t have been nicer—even West Philly.

My wife and daughter, then almost five years old, were walking around town, and at one point let our daughter run ahead over a concrete bridge.

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