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Anxiety isn’t the enemy—it’s your child’s emotional smoke alarm! 🚨

Licensed clinical social worker @jarendoby explains why back-to-school jitters and new grade nerves are completely normal. Instead of just trying to "smother out the fire," our job as parents is to figure out what’s actually setting off the alarm in the first place. 🧠✨

Watch our full conversation on Kids, Chaos & Coffee, now streaming on the WCNC Charlotte app.