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When teaching emergency skills increases parental anxiety

I taught my teenagers CPR but now I am obsessed with all the ways they could die and I text them constantly when they are out.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Knowledge of potential dangers can paradoxically increase rather than decrease our sense of vulnerability and need for control.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Emergency and first aid — evidence-based?”

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