I can see this as a great resource for a child with common childhood worries and a great way to bond with your child over their worries. Additionally, there are two videos for adults titled Three Things to Avoid when your Child is Worried and Take Advantage of the FEEL Method. There are also pages for Related Organizations and Anxiety Relief Programs. There is a Supporting Research page with all the resources to back up their “claims”. I wondered where GoZen! got some of their information and what research there was to back up their methods like the 5C’s and FARR method that I saw will come up in later modules. He’s a little smarty pants so this is sinking in quickly and it’s simple so I know all kids will “get” it on some level. He feels like this is a game, but he understands that he is learning, too. Your little youthling will start to feel better to have a name for their worries and a little background about why they feel the way they do.īenjamin and I have made it through Module 1 and we have Nelly Moon! He told me that he likes the videos and likes when I talk to him about the Key Points. Here are a few screenshots of the GoPractice. It’s not a test and hopefully won’t create additional anxiety. Tell me about it.” He didn’t want his photo taken with Widdle and worried that his friends would see it, so I had to respect his wishes on that.Īfter you work through a module, you will be given a chance to GoPractice with a little quiz and extra tips. One of his questions is “What’s one good thing that happened this week. Note: Benjamin was sent a toy Widdle who talks and asks questions to help him control his worry. These guys are supposed to work together to control worry, but sometimes Widdle gets a little overzealous and makes you worry. Your child will also learn about Til and Widdle, the parts of the brain that review your thoughts. They will then see Key Points from the video outlines and be asked questions about their own worry. Diddlydoo in a one minute video from each of them. They will see examples from Nelly, Tomas, and Mr. In Module 1, your child will learn about what worry means. Let’s look at Module 1 a little so you’ll see what I mean and then I’ll leave the other modules up to you to discover! After they complete one module, the face lights up as a character from the website. There are six modules that kids can work through as you can see on the Progress Map. Through a series of videos, Key points outlined, and GoPractice, kids can navigate through the website to learn about what is worry and how does it affect your body, what to watch out for with worry, and how to control it for themselves. These are all common childhood worries so any child with anxiety could potentially be helped by this website. Diddlydoo, who worries about separation from his cat, George, and worries that something bad will happen to George. You will meet Nelly Moon, who worries about tests, grades, and everyday worries, Tomas Krishnamurti, who worries about dogs, talking in groups, and meeting new people, and Mr. Neutrino’s mission is to help ScienceGuy teach kids about Worry. The website is based on the story of an alien, Neutrino, who comes to Earth to visit a town called Fliderdale. So, when GoZen! contacted me to ask for a review, I was cautiously hopeful and definitely excited to review what they have online. Outside of medication and therapy, I had no clue how to ease Benjamin’s common childhood worries and I am not ready to go that route. I asked the dentist about the teeth and she said that was a sign of anxiety. Now that I have a child, I am beginning to recognize a few problems with Benjamin like clinginess (mostly to me, but sometimes to Howard) and picking his fingernails, as well as gritting his teeth. As a child, I worried about everything and it manifest through stomach problems, overeating, and biting my fingernails. We have found that GoZen can help us and him to understand his worries and do something about it.įor as long as I can remember, I have always had anxiety. We do our best to ease his worries, but we sometimes need a little extra help. Like many children, my son has common childhood worries that have manifest in ways that concern me. I was also given free access to their website to review the materials in order to give you my opinion. This post about common childhood worries, featuring GoZen, has been compensated by GoZen.
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