Through play therapy, kids learn to appropriately express their thoughts and feelings, develop empathy for the thoughts and feelings of othe

It’s one thing if your two-year-old runs to you crying when the clown at your niece’s birthday pops a big balloon, startling all the young ones at the party. It’s another thing when your ten-year-old refuses to go to the family party because there will be a clown there. And piano recitals can be scary for any young player. But is a panic attack a normal result of stage fright? It’s hard to tell sometimes if a child is experiencing normal levels of fear about things like frie