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How do you raise resilient kids in this age of uncertainty? That’s the question at the core of my new book, Parenting Anxiety — coming January 20, 2026 from Crown/Penguin Random House. This timely and practical guide explores the powerful connection between parent and child anxiety, offering evidence-based strategies to help families break free from worry and build resilience.
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[An] insightful debut . . . Elkins provides accessible tools to reduce anxiety in both children and parents and backs up her clinical experience with current research. The result is a comprehensive road map for managing anxiety that will enlighten and empower.
—Publishers Weekly
“Elkins brings vast experience to this empowering guide. . . By educating parents about the foundations of anxiety—their child’s and their own—the guide offers reassurance, tips, and resources for dealing with experiences occurring along the entire anxiety spectrum. Each chapter is neatly summarized, with reflective self-assessments, useful worksheets, resources, tips for finding providers, and diagnostic guidance. By acknowledging parental anxiety as a substantial but surmountable entity, Elkins provides ample compassion with her expert advice.”
—Booklist
“A premier child anxiety expert and a compassionate, relatable parent, Dr. Meredith Elkins brings a rare and powerful blend of expertise to Parenting Anxiety. She offers key strategies that can reduce both parent and child anxiety while facilitating calmer, more joyful parent-child connections. It is both validating and empowering.”
—Donna B. Pincus, author of Growing Up Brave
“Chock full of evidence-backed tips that will reassure even the most anxious parent, Parenting Anxiety is a warm, empathetic, and essential guide for anyone struggling to understand how to support an anxious kid.”
—Rebecca Winthrop, author of The Disengaged Teen
“Parenting anxious kids is demanding—and especially so when you’re anxious yourself. But as Dr. Elkins makes clear, trying to give our children a frictionless life can leave them less prepared to face life’s inevitable challenges, fueling their anxiety—and yours. This smart, compassionate, and evidence-based guide offers a way out of that cycle. It’s a must-read and truly a gift for any parent or caregiver raising children in today’s pressure-filled world.”
—Jennifer B. Wallace, author of Never Enough
“Parenting Anxiety is a deeply insightful and empowering lifeline for any parent riding the emotional rollercoaster of raising an anxious child while also navigating their own self-doubt, guilt, and fear. Dr. Elkins is a leading anxiety expert, but reading this book feels like sitting down with a wise and trusted friend who truly gets it—someone who can laugh with you, cry with you, and gently guide you through the chaos of raising a healthy child in an increasingly complex and stressful world.”
—Jonathan Comer, author of Psychopathology: Science and Practice
