It can be scary to go out into the world as a young adult. But it’s twice as hard if you’re the anxious type.
Are any of your kids worrywarts? How do you help your kids handle nervous feelings or worries? Leave your answer as a comment on this post by Friday, March 26, and you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing for a hardback copy of How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie.
Carnegie was the best-selling author of last week’s giveaway book, How to Win Friends and Influence People. In How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, he uses the true stories of people of the past, including presidents Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower, to teach readers how to get out of the habit of worrying. Originally published in 1944, this book is still in print.
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We pray and quote scripture.
Blessings,
Carol
Prayer is where we turn. I try to impress on my kids that if they aren’t successful at leaving their cares at the foot of the cross then they need to pray again. I encourage them by letting them know that even us grown-ups find ourselves continually in pray regarding specific issues because we struggle with leaving our concerns at the cross. Carrying our burdens seems logical ~ but the yoke isn’t easy so we know it isn’t of God.
Just wanted to stop by and say hello. It’s great to see you’re still writing.
Marcus only has 3 more months of school left till he graduates from high school.
He’s planning on enlisting in the Air Force.
It’s been a fun and exciting journey and we never had traded it for anything.
Hey that sounds like a great book for me. I love what you are doing you have been a great encouragement to me.
It’s hard these days not to worry about everything! My oldest granddaughter — we’re raising 2 — worried about everything when she was barely old enough to talk — “Grandpa you’re going to run out of gas”, “How are we going to get back home”. Things have been easier as the years went on. Still, at 15, she worries more than most adults. As most have said, we turn to prayer, scriptures, and helping her know that we have the situation well in hand because Jesus is with us. It just takes patience and talking her through some rough times.
GREAT giveaways!
I did a little advertising for your giveaways on my blog 🙂
I would love to win the book. You are so nice to give away books as so few people seem to be reading these days. Susan
I think that the most important way that I can teach my children not to worry is to lead by example. It is an area of my life that I struggle with.
My children, so far as we can tell, are not inclined to be worry worts at all. However, my youngest sister who is completing her final school year from our home certainly is.
Since she moved in with us at the start of the year we have helped her get involved in youth group and that has really boosted her confidence. However, anything involving communicating with adults involves a few long conversations about adult expectations or expectations that come with adult ‘roles’ in society and helping her consider, from the other person’s perspective, what they may think, feel or want from her.
It requires the investment of time but is worth it when it comes to training her to prepare herself for the adult world next year.
I would like to read this book.