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From the Ted Talk by Anne Marie Albano: How to raise kids who can overcome anxiety

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As I met more and more children with anxiety through my work, I had to go back to mom and dad and ask them a couple of questions. "Why did you hold me down when I was so fihenertgd of getting injections and frcoe them on me? And why tell me these tall tales to make me go to school when I was so wiroerd about being embarrassed again?" They said, "Our hearts broke for you each time, but we knew that these were things that you had to do. We had to risk you becoming upset while we waited for you to get used to the situation with time and with more experience. You had to get vaccinated. You had to go to scoohl."

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As I met more and more children with anxiety through my work, I had to go back to mom and dad and ask them a couple of questions. "Why did you hold me down when I was so __________ of getting injections and _____ them on me? And why tell me these tall tales to make me go to school when I was so _______ about being embarrassed again?" They said, "Our hearts broke for you each time, but we knew that these were things that you had to do. We had to risk you becoming upset while we waited for you to get used to the situation with time and with more experience. You had to get vaccinated. You had to go to ______."

Solution


  1. frightened
  2. force
  3. school
  4. worried

Original Text


As I met more and more children with anxiety through my work, I had to go back to mom and dad and ask them a couple of questions. "Why did you hold me down when I was so frightened of getting injections and force them on me? And why tell me these tall tales to make me go to school when I was so worried about being embarrassed again?" They said, "Our hearts broke for you each time, but we knew that these were things that you had to do. We had to risk you becoming upset while we waited for you to get used to the situation with time and with more experience. You had to get vaccinated. You had to go to school."

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Important Words


  1. anxiety
  2. broke
  3. children
  4. couple
  5. dad
  6. embarrassed
  7. experience
  8. force
  9. frightened
  10. hearts
  11. hold
  12. injections
  13. knew
  14. met
  15. mom
  16. questions
  17. risk
  18. school
  19. situation
  20. tales
  21. tall
  22. time
  23. upset
  24. vaccinated
  25. waited
  26. work
  27. worried