You don’t need a plan or a script tonight, just a few honest sentences you can say out loud, right when it counts.
“That knot in your stomach means you care. It doesn't mean you'll fail.”
“You already know more than you think you do right now.”
“However it goes, you're still you tomorrow.”
Naming the physical feeling out loud takes some of its power away before the test even starts.
In their story, that knot in the stomach becomes something the character can picture and breathe through, along with a small phrase they discover works for them.
It ends with the quiet reminder that your child is more than any single result, whichever way it goes.
Read more: Stories for Anxious Children: A Gentle, Practical Approach
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