How prevalent are anxieties and phobias in children?
Anxieties, fears, and phobias in children are not as significant as you would think. There’s a lot of normal or age appropriate fears and anxieties in children that have to be worked through and allowed to develop on their own and then dissipate. So as far as diagnosing those anxieties, fears and phobias, there are usually three to five percent of the general population. Other than that it’s the age appropriate stuff that a child should have that a parent needs to just foster and work through.
