SKIP
Simplifying Parenting
Why use a fidget toy? Surprising benefits you may not know!
Spin tops and yo-yos can do a lot more than calm your nerves!
Back to school anxiety? Play Ideas & Tips to help your child transition.
Children get stressed when they don't know what they are feeling or what to expect. But there are ways to help!
How do you prepare your child for a sibling?
Tried and tested tips to get your older child ready to welcome their baby brother or sister!
Anxiety in kids. How to know what it is and what to do.
How can you tell if your child is anxious?
Anxiety manifests itself in physical signs, emotional signs, and behavior.
Physical signs of anxiety can range from stomach aches, refusal to eat, refusal to sleep.
Emotional signs of anxiety are crying a lot, anger and temper tantrums, panic attacks, a constant need for reassurance, nightmares.
Behavioral symptoms of anxiety include fearfulness, reclusive behavior, long periods of unnatural quiet, approval-seeking and attention-seeking, refusal to go to school or daycare, lack of confidence, tantrums.