| | Introduction: Scary, Fun, and Safe | p. xi |
| | Childhood Anxiety: Alert, Alarm, Assessment, and All Clear | p. 3 |
| | The Second Chicken: Parenting with Empathy, Parenting for Confidence | p. 36 |
| | Relaxation and Roughhousing: Anxiety and the Body | p. 62 |
| | The Edge: Approach and Avoidance | p. 97 |
| | Dr. Spock versus Mr. Spock: Emotion Expressed and Suppressed | p. 131 |
| | "What If" versus "What Is": Challenging Anxious Thoughts | p. 162 |
| | From Monsters under the Bed to Worry Soup: Tackling the Most Common Childhood Anxieties | p. 191 |
| | Finding Joy: From Anxiety, Worry, and Fear to Connection and Trust | p. 233 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 253 |
| | Notes | p. 255 |
| | Bibliography | p. 263 |
| | Index | p. 269 |