If your child is having anxiety problems, than pull up a chair and read this whole article.
First, I'm going to tell you what are the most common symptoms of anxiety, and how they manifest in children.
Next we are going to talk about what could cause anxiety in children.
And finally I am going to talk about treating child anxiety.
After reading this article you will be fully equipped to deal with anxiety in children, and also help those little fellows out.
Okay so first, Let me tell you a few thing about what are the most common symptoms of child anxiety.
There are external symptoms such as headaches and stomach ache, but the more important are the internal ones (fear, anxious, etc...
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The internal symptoms may leave consequences in a child's development so you should definitely seek doctor's help if you see this happening.
In more severe child anxiety situations, a child may suffer from vomiting, stomach pains, weakness, aches in muscles and diarrhea.
Okay so now that we know how to recognize if a child is having anxiety problems, let's see what can cause them.
Most doctors have the same opinion that it is very difficult to tell for an average person what causes anxiety in children.
Most common causes however have shown to be: genetics, environmental factors and most commonly a little trauma (bad experience) from early childhood.
A good example for early childhood trauma would be when you are late to pick up your child from the kindergarten, or major accident witnessing.
But the good news for this type of problem is that it's treatable.
Read on.
Our statistics have shown that every child experiences at least one anxiety problem during their childhood so it's not a big problem.
If your children however has this type of problem (anxiety problem) we strongly advise you to seek professional help.
These professionals have an in-depth knowledge will help you in every way.
Most common types of therapy may include behavioral therapy, psychotherapy or using medications to remedy this problem.
That's about everything you need to know about anxiety in children.
In this article we first went over what are the symptoms of child anxiety and how to recognize a child with this kind of problem.
Next we looked at what could have caused this behavioral problem.
And last we got introduced to what would be the most appropriate action to take if your child is experiencing child anxiety.
That's about all you need to know about this subject.