From the article: How to Handle Anxiety in Children
Anxiety in children is a common problem. Many children can experience stress and anxiety at some point in their development, whether it's because of a change in the family, a problem at school, or something else that's bothering them. What are your best tips for handling anxiety in children? Share Your Tips
Anxiety in children
- Well after reading so much on anxiety i feel keeping all these tips in hand is good but what u need to understand is that every xhild is different and first u need to identify with his personality background and then diagnose parents HAVE to spare time for their child ..... Tell them u r our responsibility Nd we will do anything to mKe things right..... All the best
- —Guest Sasha
grammie
- I thought this was very good with some advice to help you not worry. love you
- —Guest charlotte
anxiety
- I will really say depends on the state of mind one carries. Displeasing feeling which could be due social influence, not being love, academic denial, inequalities, inferiority complex amid all. It could most times be tackle by staying in an enabling environment where your spirit, listening to good music.
- —Guest daniel
Anxiety in Children
- Wow Jerred that is such good advice, I really feel for you and totally agree with everything you've said. I am mum to a 6 and 3 yr old and have anxiety myself so am working really hard to try to make sure my kids don't get it. The oldest is showing signs. I do exactly what you said, tell him it will all be OK, that I am there for him, but also that he mustn't let it stop him doing things as that just makes it worse. I show him I understand how he is feeling and that it is OK, but he needs to get out there and do what scares him (within limits and with my support) so that it becomes less scary. I'm also hoping the kids will see me dealing with my anxiety in a positive way and will learn from that. My sister and her son (now 18) have not coped well and have gone down a dark path with similar problems so I'm doing all I can to make sure we don't do the same.
- —Guest Jen
My Counselor
- Hi, so I'm 14 now, but when I was about 10ish I got anxiety. It got so bad that I had to go to a councelor/shrink. She helped me a lot and she gave me a whole bunch of elastic bands to wear on my wrist and snap when I felt an anxiety feeling/ attack coming on. It worked well, now I rarely have attacks. Good Luck.
- —Guest Alyea
Children Anxiety
- Anxiety is an occasional emotion for some. Unfortunately for others it's a bit more than that...Yep... MENTAL ILLNESS! (gasp) Parent's cringe at the thought of medicating their children. I understand. I've been there. Once I snapped out of my denial trance, I realized that diet and excercise, Yoga and less tv was not going to relieve my child of anxiety. If they can't function normally doing day to day tasks, it's time to seek professional help. Look, we're all wired differently....it's a biological snafu THAT YOU DID NOT CREATE!!! so please, stop blaming yourself and make an appointment...if anything it may at least relieve your...ummm...anxiety
- —Guest Elizabeth Albani
Children with Anxiety
- Fantastic tips, especially relevant as we get our kids ready for a new school year since that can be such an anxiety provoking place combining being in unfamiliar surroundings, social anxieties, and perceived judgments from others, even teachers! One of the things I recommend in my book on child anxiety is simply helping your child understand what is happening in their body when they go through a stress response. Just like other body changes we make sure they know about, the fight or flight reaction is a identifiable process they can learn about, anticipate, and not be as frightened by when they experience it. Thanks for sharing! Rich Presta http://www.AnxietyFreeChildren.com
- —Guest Rich{Presta
Anexity
- My son is 7 years old and was diagnosed with anexity at 2 1/2 this goes hand in hand with his other health and neurological problems. I have advacated for my son for almost 5 years now to get him the help and services he needs to manage this. It's hard to watch my little guy suffer with the thoughts and worries, but we have a wonderful support team that works with us and him. This year is the worst I have seen the anexiety, and it is starting to affect his health, so it's time to consider medication. I fought long and hard to keep him off it, but I realized that it's ultimitely what will benefit him the most, and make his life more bareable for him. This will be a lifelong battle for him, but we are giving him the skills and resourse to make the best of this, and that is all we can ask for.
- —Guest Stillfamily4@live.com
Anxiety
- Sitting quietly and reading aloud is good all round advise to calm and connect. For hyperactive children I wrote a book The Sound Snatcher How the Vacuum Got Its Noise, a fun way to look at the ordinary with new perspective and all my books have questions in the back to promote real conversations with your child. see mywebsite peekingkitty.com
- —Guest Linda Bryan Sabin
i have it
- hey my names jerred im 15 i have anxiety every body that i know says thats its mind over matter but all the kids out there that have belive me its not.but the best thing that i know to do is if you stress and feel down is to go out there and find something to do like build something be a real kid and act like your 5 again go build a club house with your mates cus if you just sit in your room and do nothing it tens to make it 3 times worse cus thatsd what i did at first and cus i did that i lost most of my friends my mum does not belive me but all you need to do is have fun and talk to people about it but only talk to someone thats going to say every things going to be alright or dont worry i promis that nothing is going to happen. and they mostly go to bed crying if they have it so makke sure each night you go see if there alright but they allways say yes there fine they ten to lie about small things alot so all they need is someone around them all the time know matter what or where.
- —Guest jerred
