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How To Handle Anxiety Problems Of Your Kids and Anxiety In Children in General

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Life has become so complex and stressful nowadays - grownups get perplexed and stressed out and you cannot blame kids for getting anxious! Your children may become anxious and stressed out owing to many factors in life. The major factors include school and homework, fitness goals, peer pressure and even food. When you find your child is developing anxiety owing to one or more such factors, it is time to adopt careful and tactical approach.

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With kids affected by stress and anxiety, you have to deal with a balanced and well thought out approach. Below listed are a few tips you can benefit from:

  • Not to eliminate or avoid, bu t manage anxiety- Regardless of which factor is leading to anxiety in your kids, your goal should not be to evade the root cause! Evading the source of anxiety does not help things. You will have to remember your goal is helping the affected kid understand the issue logically and helping him overcome it eventually. A lot of unavoidable things like school and food can make the kids anxious, as it is.
  • Remain calm- When you find Anxiety In Children the last thing you should do is getting anxious or tensed yourself. When you get tensed, the kids can see and feel it and that can actually worsen the situation. So, you should maintain a calm demeanour when you find the kids getting tensed for any reason. Talk without showing anger or worry and this will help ease the tension in them.
  • Analyse the situation with logic and examples- when you find the kid is getting anxious for something in his or her life, try explaining the subject in a logical way and give examples. This will help the child get a better and clear understanding of the subject. You may cite your own childhood days or talk about people you know who went through similar situations in life. Remain positive when you explain such things.
  • Take a realistic stance- Instead of going too heavy on the child to eradicate source of anxiety and fear, take a realistic view. You might have some of personal roots of stress and anxiety in life too. Accept the fact people have imperfections and it is normal. At most, you can help the kid perform a tad better in those areas.
  • Help the kid relax- To ensure the kid is able to get over things that make him or her anxious at times, arrange for some relaxation activities. It could be anything from a kid movie to taking the kid out for shopping or a day at a theme park. This will ensure the kid can enjoy a break from schedule and tasks and remain in a better mood to tackle stressful things in life.

Above all, you have to remember that children tend to think differently than adults. You have to be patient and consistent when dealing with a child affected by anxiety to get the desired result.

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