Worry Stars provides a child-friendly entry point into the practice of anxiety management. Through this engaging and interactive story, children are not only provided a deeper understanding of their worries, but learn that they have the power to cope with them. Specific anxiety management practices are integrated through the storyline to provide children with methods to instill calmness. All are built on the foundation of mindfulness, or the art of bringing one’s attention to a single focus. The mindfulness approach can demonstrate substantial benefits in the involvement of symptoms of stress, anxiety, or negative emotions overall by inhibiting the mind’s desire to wander into the worry filled past or future.

Anxiety is often attributed to being one of the most widespread health issues in America. Much of this issue can be traced back to the lack of overall education on anxiety and emotional health children receive in their impressionable years. Thus, many children transition into adulthood lacking the ability to effectively handle the stressors in their life. Worry Stars acts to introduce children into the world of emotional health to help facilitate a future of healthy emotional habits and hopes to give rise to further conversations about children’s mental health.