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Many parents have wondered, looking at a nail-biting child or taciturn teen, if their parenting is adequate or if their child would benefit from professional help.
Jacqueline Sperling, a clinical psychologist in Cambridge, Mass., is the director of training and research at the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program, an intensive group-based outpatient program for children and adolescents ages six to 19 at McLean Hospital. She also has a…