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Signs Your Child May Have Anxiety
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Everyone has some anxiety, but what should you do when your child's anxiety disrupts normal activities?
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| The stock market is gyrating. Schools are closing. A virus is spreading. Thousands are self-quarantining. And any public sniffle or sneeze is getting a suspicious side-eye. |
| Anxiety effects everyone; however, for some people, anxiety can cause significant impairment academically, socially, emotionally, and behaviorally. |
| Feelings of anxiety in kids are often the result of struggling with things they don’t understand because they are not sure of what is going to happen and when. |
| Terrorism, acts of brutality, and armed conflicts are simply a sad reality. Violence, whether targeted or random, down the street or across the globe, is emotionally jarring to many children. |
| Everybody experiences anxiety, but anxiety doesn't cause impairment for everybody. The time to seek professional help is when anxiety is causing impairment. |
| When I take my daughter to preschool in the morning, she insists that I sit with her in class. I have tried leaving the classroom for thirty minutes at a time, but then she clings more. |
| My husband and I are leaving in a week to celebrate our anniversary in Jamaica. How do I explain this to my son, and how do I actually enjoy myself while on our trip? |
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