Monday, June 5, 2017

How To Deal With Childhood Anxiety!



Childhood anxiety is a topic that has drawn attention from professionals in the field of health and education. To some degree, anxiety is a natural reaction of the human being, and it is useful for adapting and reacting to situations of fear or expectation. It becomes pathological when it reaches too high values with a systematic and generalized character, beginning to interfere with the healthy functioning of the individual's life.

From my point of view, before we approach the subject of anxiety we must go a few steps back. We need to talk and teach kids about patience. We humans aren't born with this ability. We need to learn how to be patient.

Being a patient child is more important than you think. A child who is taught to wait becomes a more educated person because by understanding that the world does not revolve around him, he grows less egocentric and lives better in society. It learns, for example, that you have to let people get off the bus before you go in and that things go through a process before they actually happen.

Teaching children how to be patient people doesn't happen overnight. It requires time, attention and love. It's a daily exercise that must be worked on during those small everyday situations. For example, instead of going to the grocery store while the kids are at school, take them with you when you go shopping and explain what you're doing. While waiting at the doctor's office, make some fun to pass time. Talk to them!

With technology increasingly available to children, patience is becoming a luxury item. At every tantrum or moment when they should be quiet, cell phones or tablets jump in, so "waiting", "being patient" isn't even necessary anymore.

More and more children are growing accustomed to manage everything with just one click, and technological progress makes children grow up in a world where things happen whenever they want. But ultimately it is up to adults to identify and transform these situations.

See you next time,
Laura

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