Editor’s note: She’s back! Once again GNMParents welcomes Andrea Ross of the Swimming in Literary Soup podcast (as well as the Just One More Book podcast). Just click on the player above to hear about some books that may help easy your child’s social fears. For the full transcript, please visit Episode 4: Unfashionable Fears. You can (and should) contact Andrea at justonemorebook@gmail.com. Seriously, folks, give 4 minutes of your time to listen to Andrea’s soothing and engaging voice, you will be glad you did! Welcome, Andrea!
Transcript:Temperatures are dropping, leaves are turning red and, where I live, front porches are filling up with skeletons, ghosts and spiderwebs. I love Hallowe’en.No wait — I love the Hallowe’en season.I love the books. I love the preparations. I love the way the anticipation pulls the community together. What I don’t love – what is absolute agony for me — is the main event. Trick-or-treating scares me stiff.And it’s not the blood and gore, the safety issues or the dental bills – it’s the free-for-all of friendly interaction that scares me. I suffer from social anxiety so, for me, trick-or-treating is right up there on the scariness scale with mingling and small talk.
Serious social anxiety is a solitary scariness. It’s not easily recognized, accepted or understood. And, unlike the more fashionable first-day-of-school and going-to-the-doctor fears, it’s not easily represented children’s books.
Luckily, over time I have stumbled across a handful of books brave enough to tackle this topic. Today we look at a “clump†of three books that offer a peek into the world of social anxiety, where the basic need for companionship can be outweighed by noiseless, gnawing social fear.
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[tags] swimming in literary soup, children’s books, reviews, social anxiety, anticipation, Fall, Hallowe’en, Halloween[/tags]
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