Stranger Anxiety: Secrets To Easing Your Child’s Fear Of New People

By Katie Hurley

I will never forget the first time I left my daughter with a new caregiver. She was just about 6-months-old. During those first six months she spent quite a bit of time with grandparents, and my husband and I shifted our schedules around so that I could get back to my private practice without hiring full-time help. By six months, we needed the help.

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Katie Hurley
Katie Hurley

Katie Hurley, LCSW, is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Writer in Los Angeles, CA. Her work can be found on several popular online parenting sites, including EverydayFamily, Practical Parenting, and The Huffington Post. Her parenting book, The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World, will be published at the end of October 2015 (Tarcher/Penguin). Katie enjoys life by the beach with her husband and two children.

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