Anxiety and Stress Article Archive

• 10 Ways To Help Your Child Successfully Return to SchoolWhether parents like it or not, we are our children’s barometers. How they react to potentially stressful situations like the first day back at school depends on how we act. Teach your child that you believe in her and know she can tackle any challenges that come up during this new school year.
• Helping Kids Cope With the Death of a PetThe death of a beloved family pet can elicit varied reactions in children depending on their age and what else may be going on in their lives. Allowing children to discuss their feelings of grief and talk about the pet is something parents should encourage.
• When Your Child Cheats, Take a Parental Time OutLearning that your child cheated may make you see red. However, calming down and slowly finding out why your child felt the need to cheat yields a better outcome, our experts say.
• Help Your Child Deal With GriefAs a parent, helping your grieving child is difficult and complicated. Our experts offer answers about talking with his teacher, helping him inform his peers, and using activities to draw out his feelings.
• Divorce: How To Help Your Child at Home and at SchoolDivorce can wreak havoc on a child’s world and affect her life at school. How much information should a parent give a child’s teacher and other adults in the child’s life, and how should the child tell her friends? Our experts provide tips and guidance for parents to help their children navigate this difficult life experience.
• Ease Back-to-School StressIf back-to-school time has your child wound up, you can help him adjust. Slowly switching to an earlier bedtime and displaying a calm, positive attitude will help.
• Help Your Child Reduce Test StressIt’s normal for kids to worry about tests, but worrying too much can be bad for kids and their grades. Here’s how to tell if your child has text anxiety and what you can do about it.
• Managing Stress in Middle SchoolMiddle school kids often worry about interactions with peers and their school performance.
• Help Kids Learn To Manage StressBeing a kid can be stressful. Parents can help by teaching them how to cope with anxiety.
• Is Your Child Under Too Much Pressure?A little pressure can be a good thing.
• Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety About SchoolworkThe greater demands of middle school can cause many children to become anxious.
• Help Manage Anxiety About Current EventsYour child may be reading at a more advanced level. However, she may not be ready emotionally to handle some topics, such as current events.
• Kids Can Manage Anxieties With Goals and OrganizationMiddle schoolers have lots of worries.
• Help Your Middle Schooler Cope With Adolescent StressDid you have a stressful day? Well, you’re not the only one. Middle school isn’t exactly a carefree experience, so there’s a good chance your child gets stressed-out, too.
• Help Your Middle Schooler Rise Above Worry & AnxietyYoung adolescents are often self-centered. They are preoccupied with their own worries and insecurities.
• Organization Helps Children Avoid Being OverwhelmedOne word that can sum up the transition from elementary to middle school is more.
• Teens Avoid Last Minute Panic By Keeping a Time Log of TasksSometimes you may find yourself wondering if your teen ever learned to tell time. After all, she’s late to everything. She often has to stay up all night to finish a big project.
• Help your teen overcome anxiety during final examsSometimes your teen may feel as if his whole future is riding on one test. That can leave his mind feeling anxious and his stomach in a knot.
• Don’t Let Stress Take Control of Your Teen’s LifeWhether it’s worrying about grades, friendships or getting a job, teens worry a lot.
• Help Your Teen Relax & Take Breaks to Deal With StressThere’s a big test tomorrow. The game is on the line and your teen has the ball. A family member is sick.
• Getting Good Grades, Getting Into College Top Teen WorriesIt isn’t easy to be a teen today. In a recent survey, two out of three high school students said their life is tough.
• Help Your Teen Handle StressBetween trying to maintain grades, activities, social life and worrying about further education, stress is part of life for high school students.
• Watch Out for Too Much Stress in Your ChildrenYou may think that only adults suffer from stress.
• Ease Anxieties To Help Your Child Do Better on TestsSome children may get so nervous before taking a test that their anxieties cause them to fail.
• Help Relieve Too Much Pressure On Kids to ExcelThe Girl Scouts of America recently conducted a national survey asking young people about their biggest worry.