166. How to Help Your Kids Stop Overthinking
166. How to Help Your Kids Stop Overthinking  
Podcast: Leadership Parenting- Resilient Moms Raise Resilient Kids
Published On: Wed Oct 14 2026
Description: Send us Fan MailDo you ever finish bedtime, get almost out the door, and hear a small voice ask whether her friend was mad at her today? You answer, you kiss her head, you leave. And eleven minutes later she's at the top of the stairs asking you the same thing again.In this episode, I talk about what's actually happening inside a school age child when she can't put a thought down, and why it almost never sounds like worry when she tells you about it. We look at why a six or seven year old experiences a thought as a fact rather than an idea, and why that's her age rather than a problem with her. We also talk about reassurance, and why it works for about eleven minutes.I walk you through four things to do, in order, starting with her body. This is the second half of a pair, so if you haven't heard last week's episode on your own overthinking, start there.If you'd like to get the show notes for this episode, head to: https://leighgermann.com