The Garden
by Jon Gordon
A fable for anxious teens and their parents: two siblings learn five strategies for fear, stress and worry from a neighbour's garden. It is faith-flavoured and simple, and it gives families a shared vocabulary for talking about anxiety without clinical language.
Read it if…
you want a story to read with a teenager who worries.
Skip it if…
you want adult-level or clinical help; this is a parable for families.
Three things you will actually use
- Name the fear to shrink it.
- Gratitude and worry cannot share the same moment.
- Action is the enemy of anxiety.
Do this first
Read it together and let the teenager pick which of the five strategies to try first.
Our verdict
A shared vocabulary for worry.
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