Often when we feel overwhelmed with stress,\u00a0we go back in the past and reflect. We miss our golden days of childhood.We think of those days with fondness,\u00a0miss the free and carefree times. We feel like becoming kids again.<\/p>\n
But the truth is that at no age are we free of stress and worries. It is just that with time,\u00a0we move on to newer situations and every new stressor seems worse than the previous one. Children stress out too,\u00a0some more than the others.<\/p>\n
Stressors<\/strong><\/p>\n Simple things like a test in school,\u00a0a Physical Training class or poem recital could mean a lot of stress for the little ones.<\/p>\n The desire to meet the expectations of parents or teachers also creates tremendous pressure on the children. They are eager to do well at all the times and the smallest failures can upset these kids immensely.<\/p>\n Peer groups are difficult to manage. In childhood,\u00a0the social maturity is not sufficiently developed to handle day-to-day conflicts. Trivial fights or comments from classmates and friends can lead to a long-lasting impact on the vulnerable minds. They get easily influenced by their friends.<\/p>\n Elder siblings also play a major role. Some act as mentors,\u00a0some as bullies. Some cause damage unknowingly,\u00a0some are plain indifferent. Performance pressures, technology, precocity, media influences, etc. are some of the other factors that add to the stress in childhood.<\/p>\n Signs<\/strong><\/p>\n Watch out for subtle changes in moods and behaviour. With adults,\u00a0it is easier to identify the stress and hence rectify it. But with children, it is quite a challenge. Most of the children are themselves unaware of the stress they are facing,\u00a0they don’t understand why they are feeling sad or angry or fearful. They are just not at ease.<\/p>\n Inordinate crying or screaming is a common sign. Being withdrawn,\u00a0aloof and quiet is another way by which kids express their tensions. Physical signs can be seen in basic physiological changes –\u00a0in sleep patterns (oversleeping or inability to sleep),\u00a0eating habits (not eating or eating too much),\u00a0frequent aches and pains,\u00a0especially digestion disturbances and headaches,\u00a0etc.<\/p>\n Managing childhood stress<\/strong><\/p>\n Pay attention to your child. Listen to what he\/she is saying,\u00a0but also try to listen to what he\/she is not saying in words,\u00a0although only in action. If the need be,\u00a0please don’t hesitate to reach out and seek professional help from psychologists and child counsellors.<\/p>\n “One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is,\u00a0I think,\u00a0to have a happy childhood.”\u00a0–\u00a0Agatha Christie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Often when we feel overwhelmed with stress,\u00a0we go back in the past and reflect. We miss our golden days of childhood.We think of those days with fondness,\u00a0miss the free and carefree times. We feel like becoming kids again. But the truth is that at no age are we free of stress and worries. It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,269,275],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-being-mother","category-school-going-kids","category-stress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10289,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10287\/revisions\/10289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLife is full of new things and childhood is a fast-track learning lesson. Every other day,\u00a0there is something new a child has to do. Meet a new kid,\u00a0learn a new subject,\u00a0try to dodge a ball differently or ride a bicycle without side wheels;\u00a0there is too much to learn. These cause anxiety and may make the child nervous.<\/p>\n
\nHelp the kids open up to you,\u00a0spend quality time with them and talk to them about everything under the sun. Be well connected with their school teachers and parents of their closest friends.<\/p>\n