Support vs Accommodation, How to Help Your Anxious Child Without Feeding the Anxiety Robyn breaks down the difference between support and accommodation, showing how small shifts in language and response reduce distress and build skills. In this episode, therapist and mom Robyn Isman explains why the words we use and the actions we take matter when a child is anxious. She defines accommodation as anything we do or avoid doing that lowers distress in the short term but keeps anxiety in charge o...