Tips for Handling Back-to-School Stress
With the pressures of performing in school and maintaining relationships with friends, kids can experience nearly grown-up levels of stress.
In fact, one in five children say they “worry a lot or a great deal about things in their lives,” according to the American Psychological Association’s annual Stress in America Survey.
Like adults, children need to learn to deal with stress before it leads to more serious health problems. Childhood stress is linked with issues ranging from anxiety and depression to obesity.
Yet it can be difficult to identify when a child is feeling stressed. The signs of childhood stress can vary depending on the child’s age, according to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.