Reviews

  • Booklist

    When the World Feels Like a Scary Place is a much-needed resource to help families navigate anxiety in an uncertain world.”

  • BookPage

    [When the World Feels Like a Scary Place] equips parents with concrete techniques for broaching sensitive subjects… [this] guide is essential reading for parents who want to prepare their families to face today’s challenges without fear.”

  • Greater Good Magazine

    Best Parenting Books of 2020

    “[Dr. Abigail Gewirtz] shows parents how to listen, what to say, and how to say it.”

Awards

  • 2020 Nautilus Book Awards

    Silver, Parenting Family

  • 2021 Skipping Stones Honor Awards

    Teaching Resources

  • 2021 National Association for Gifted Children Book of the Year

    Parenting/Caregiver category

Recommendations

  • New York Public Library

    “In our complicated world, big issues make both parents and children anxious. So how should parents talk to their kids about the things that make both parent and child on edge—from family financial issues to school shootings to global warming? Here, an expert child psychologist offers parents scripts for conversations that will help us raise kids who are informed, engaged, and confident.”

  • Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation

    “Books to help children cope with difficult news.”