Dr. Meredith Elkins discusses her new book Parenting Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle of Worry and Raising Resilient Kids with Joan Smith, head of the Roland Park Country School. Dr. Elkins unpacks the science behind why avoidance fuels anxiety, what "accommodation" really means (and when it becomes a trap), and how parents can break the cycle — for themselves and their kids. Plus the one shift that can change everything: "Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable yourself." Dr. Elkins is a clinical psychologist on faculty at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the McLean Hospital Anxiety Mastery Program.