This is an excellent summary of how children display anxiety disorders. The problem I find is that the anxiety isn't all the child's fault. Parents work too hard outside the home. They are away too much. The child is always seeing them leaving. Day care sucks. Bullying is fierce, starting very early in a child's life. No one really combats it very well. There are reasons a kid would just want to withdraw, and it might almost be a sane reaction to his environment. One of my friends started home schooling her 6-year-old because the social pressures of school were too much for her, whereas her sister thrived on the competition. But my friend's husband makes a lot of money, and she can afford to be home and help her children. Most parents can't.

Great resource for parents. Children manifest symptoms of social anxiety in very different ways from adults, and knowing what to look for and how to deal with it is very important.