If your child is anxious, you already know how hard evenings can be. You sit beside them wanting desperately to help, but every time you try to reassure them, it backfires. Logic doesn’t land. Distraction doesn’t stick. And sometimes, despite your best intentions, the thing you say makes everything worse.

This episode gives you something you can use tonight.

I’ll walk you through five specific, evidence‑based questions that shift an anxious child from overwhelm into curiosity, even if they’re tired, irritable, or shutting down.

These questions work because they bypass the logical brain (which is offline during anxiety) and instead help your child observe what’s happening inside them with a little more distance and a lot more safety.

You’ll learn exactly why each question works, how to use them, and what to do when your child gives you nothing but a shrug or a grunt. By the end, you’ll have a simple, repeatable toolkit you can rely on every night - no scripts, no pressure, no perfect parenting required.

If you’ve been searching for the right words to help your worried child, this episode gives you five you can use before bedtime.

Highlights from this episode:

00:59 - What you get from this episode

03:34 - The 5 questions

06:53 - Give the worry a form

09:25 - A brutal inner demon

11:22 - Two red flags

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