Erica Komisar - Chicken Little the Sky Isnt Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety

Chicken Little the Sky Isnt Falling

Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety

Erica Komisar, LCSW

Chicken Little may be the most important resource for parents of kids struggling with anxiety and depression. While other books describe these illnesses, Erica shows us what to do. Brilliantly written and clear, she calms worried parents. If you are concerned about your kids at all, you must read this book.

Meg Meeker, MD, pediatrician, parenting expert, podcast host, and best-selling author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

Raising adolescents today is tougher than ever. With science, wisdom, and heart jumping out of every page, Chicken Little is the owners manual parents cant be without.

Randy Tobler, MD, ob/gyn and host of The Randy Tobler Radio Show

Chicken Little, the Sky Isnt Falling will help any parent navigate our anxious age. Everything seems to be stacked against the mental health of our children and teenagers. But, in reality, there is hope. Read this excellent book to learn what power you have as a parent to raise them to be resilient, happy, and free.

W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project, senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute

Many parents are confused and bewildered by what is happening in the lives of their teenagers. They want to help but feel utterly ill-equipped to do so. This book teaches parents that you can still make a difference and give your teen or young adult child a foundation of emotional security and stability that will help them weather the storms of adolescence. If you are a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, pick up this book and use it as a compass to guide you through these challenging times.

Baroness Philippa Stroud, CEO of the Legatum Institute, co-founder of the Center for Social Justice, member of the House of Lords

Erica Komisar brings science, common sense, and humanity to bear on the question of how to raise children in our crazy time.

James Taranto, editor for The Wall Street Journal

Erica Komisars highly readable overview of the challenges adolescents face in our modern world gives insight, encouragement, and hope to parents who struggle with their teens and young adult children. Her kind and gentle wisdom are palpable on each page and point families toward a plan for success.

Robert C. Hamilton, MD, pediatrician, podcast host, author of 7 Secrets of the Newborn

Look no further! Erica has once again provided parents and educators with a vital playbook to help adolescents navigate the challenges of todays world. If you have had difficulty communicating with or felt disconnected from the teens and pre-teens in your life, then this book is for you. Erica explores many important issues and offers realistic options for support.

Mary T. Cantwell, educator, learning issues specialist, founder of Enriched NYC

Erica Komisar has vast experience with helping families navigate the ever constant and complex currents of life. She has a wonderful way of balancing kindness with pragmatism, providing what will no doubt be one of the most important resources for parenting.

Eric L. Motley, PhD, executive vice president and corporate secretary, The Aspen Institute

Erica documents the science and the solutions needed for parents to help their adolescents overcome the unprecedented pressures they face today. Whats more is that her work is a necessary prescription for how to better shape public policy and schools and can reduce the many barriers to having healthy kids and families.

Jeanne Allen, founder and CEO, The Center for Education Reform

If every parent put Ericas gentle, apolitical, and commonsense guidance and education to use, America would be deluged with happy, healthy families. I cannot say enough about Ericas work. Make it part of your parenting journey and you cant go wrong.

Suzanne Venker, relationship and life coach, author, podcast host

Kids have more material advantages and less spiritual advantages than any previous generation. Erica helps parents navigate between these two poles. Her insights are both practical and inspiring. They very well might save your child, your marriage, and, at the very least, your sanity.

Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated radio talk show host, founder of Prager University, New York Times bestselling author

Erica Komisar is one of todays most important, provocative, and commonsense voices on crucial issues of parenting and relationships. Her insights and arguments always deserve serious attention.

Michael Medved, syndicated talk radio host and New York Times bestselling author

To the love of my life, Jordan, whose belief in me, encouragement, and admiration have given me the courage to express my ideas honestly for the good of children, families, and society. And to my children, Bryce, Jonas, and Sofia, three extraordinary human beings, whose love is the inspiration for this book.

I want to thank:

Sydny Miner, my partner and collaborator, for believing in me, for her sensitivity, beautiful spirit, and talent at writing and interpreting my ideas.

My agent, Jane von Mehren, for her guidance, perseverance in making sure this book found a great home, and believing in the books that make a real difference in changing peoples lives for the better.

Camilla Michael, my editor at HCI, who wholeheartedly believed in the message of this book from the very beginning. I feel so grateful to Camilla for making this important book a reality.

Lewis Leone, my editorial and research assistant, an inspired clinician in training, who has stood by me for years supporting my work. I am grateful every day for his talented writing, sensitivity, and emotional support as well as logistical support.

George Anne Ryan, my social media coordinator, without whom I could not deliver my ideas to a larger audience. Thank you for your creativity, persistence, protection, and loyalty all these years.

My research assistants Brad Riew and Kaley Davis, whose curiosity, diligence, competence, and intuition made this book a substantial, academically supported guide for families.

Baroness Philippa Stroud and the Legatum Institute for their unwavering friendship, encouragement, and support for my work to make an impact on creating a better world for children, parents, and families.

James Taranto, my editor and friend at the Wall Street Journal, whose support of my ideas and advocacy for children has improved the lives of so many families.

Joshua Greenman, my editor at the New York Daily News, who has supported my ideas and my writing for many years.

Michael Toscano, Brad Wilcox, and Alysse ElHage at the Institute for Family Studies, for giving me a home as a contributing editor and helping me to make a difference in bettering the lives of families.

My family of support at Fox 5 News New York including Lew Leone, Ernie Anastos, Donna Sweeney, and Sharon Crowley: thank you for including me as one of your experts all these years and giving me a larger audience for my work.

All the advocates for children who have given my ideas a megaphone, including Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Dr. Meg Meeker, Dr. Robert Hamilton, Dr. Randy Tobler, Michael Medved, Dennis Praeger, Jeanne Allen, Suzanne Venker, Richard Davies, Craig Sanders, Pauline Brown, Noam Dworman, Jennifer Grayson, Megan McCue, Claire Paye, Carolina Allen, Lynn Walsh, Madeleine Wallin, Caroline Hoglund, Yaakov Galen, Kelly McDaniel, and Jordan Goldrich.