Signs Your Child Is Stressed & How To Help Them Cope

Coping Methods Continued

Parents should also limit their child's screen time to only two hours a day, and encourage them to play more. Other great coping methods for stress and anxiety include developing a healthy exercise routine that will alleviate their stress, encouraging them to start journaling and writing down their feelings, participating in stress-reducing activities such as yoga and breathing techniques, or even spending more time with their pets or other animals, such as a therapy animal. Children are even encouraged to practice mindfulness, which is being present in the moment in a non-judging way and helps individuals become aware of patterns of habits that can lead to suffering, and reminds them they have a choice in how they respond to stressful situations. To learn more about mindfulness, check out Beginner's Guide To Mindfulness.

The most important thing parents can do is be present for their child when they are ready to deal with their stress, and hopefully, some of these tips can help alleviate your child’s stress and get them back to being their wonderfully awesome self!