Sentences with phrase «anxiety about having a child»

This is the thing that caused me the most anxiety about having a child.

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Another member said she was helped to discover that other members also had feelings of anxiety about their children.

Yet in their daily experience of the material world — from the houses they live in to expectations they have for their children to their anxieties about a retirement income — many married clergywomen live a more secure life than that of their male counterparts.

I was having anxiety attacks during the whole period where I was trying to conceive — have you tried thinking about what this meant at that time and what your feelings are about having another child?

Worries about separation or about the safety of parents are also common reactions of children who are having excessive anxieties.

Others may have decreased desire because of anxiety about the burdens of parenthood, or because of concerns about the health of both the mother and the unborn child.

However, as our pregnancy has progressed, our children have had mixed reviews about their excitement or anxiety with the pregnancy.

Being able to name the emotion might help a child to calm down and have less anxiety about his current feeling.

Anxiety is about what is unknown or new, so children of any age are worried about things that are unfamiliar or that they haven't mastered yet.

When those new mamas also have other small children at home, that anxiety can become overwhelming as they worry about how they'll cope with more than one child and how the current little loves of their life will cope with a new sibling.

I had had 3 miscarriages before my first child was born — one of them after the first trimester — so I had a lot of anxiety about my little one that I dealt with in the form of ice cream.

Learn about common worries preschoolers have, ways to ease your child's fears, and when it's time to get help for anxiety.

If your child seems to have an unusually high amount of anxiety about the upcoming test, consider talking with the school counselor for suggestions.

A child could develop fear or anxiety about the process of elimination if for some reason the experience has been negative in some way.

All this anxiety about bonding would make more sense if there was an epidemic of people leaving their children on doorsteps.

It's not easy to stay calm in the face of a yucky mess, but overreacting to accidents can make your child fearful about having them, which in turn may stir up anxiety about the whole process.

This may be a way for your child to avoid any anxiety they have about the test.

It can be a delicate dance, especially if your child struggles in school and has anxiety about being in school and doing homework.

If your child is easily distressed, gets regular headaches and stomachaches, worries about upcoming events weeks in advance, or is very self - critical, she may have high anxiety.

Just as each child has his own individual set of experiences and personality and anxiety that may be influencing his feelings about starting school, the time it takes to adjust to school will vary from one child to another.

Reading about other children who might have fears and anxiety about starting school may be comforting to kids who are experiencing the same feelings.

American families have changed in the last 20 years — nearly half of all families with children have both parents working — and our anxiety about change is no delusion.

Challenge Success believes that our increasingly competitive world has led to tremendous anxiety about our children's» futures and has resulted in a high pressure, myopic focus on grades, test scores and performance.

Sometimes parents have as much anxiety about separating as their child does, so remain calm and in a pleasant voice say «Daddy is going to work, I will be back to eat dinner with you tonight!».

Dr. Herzig is a Child and Adult Clinical Psychologist who led one of the best discussions I've ever participated in about food allergy anxiety.

Maybe the child is having difficulty emotionally, or doesn't have well - developed coping strategies to conquer anxiety he has about being away from home.

I think it's important for parents to realize that being an underachiever gives your child a sense of control and power, because then he doesn't have to worry about the anxiety of failure or meeting challenging responsibilities.

A child could also develop fear or anxiety about the process of elimination if for some reason the experience has been negative in some way.

Twenty - nine percent of children 2 to 3 years of age have a television in their bedroom, and 30 % of parents have reported that watching a television program enabled their children to fall asleep.3 Although parents perceive a televised program to be a calming sleep aid, some programs actually increase bedtime resistance, delay the onset of sleep, cause anxiety about falling asleep, and shorten sleep duration.41 Specifically, in children younger than 3 years, television viewing is associated with irregular sleep schedules.42 Poor sleep habits have adverse effects on mood, behavior, and learning.

You can help your child with their separation anxiety by having a clear and consistent goodbye routine and reading books about separating from parents.

Children who have generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, experience constant, excessive, and uncontrollable fears about any number of everyday things such as grades, family issues, performing well in sports, being on time, or even natural disasters.

If your child is anxious about going to a classmate's birthday party, school party, family lunch or dinner and tries to avoid it, always, he may have social anxiety disorder.

I remember myself at the beginning of this journey — the «need» for control in my parent - child relationship, the anger when my child didn't do as I thought she should have, the overwhelm of realizing how much I didn't know about parenting, the anxiety about whether I was doing it right or not, the complete lack of knowledge about healthy child development expectations, the frustration of realizing that I didn't know myself and how to handle my own emotions as much as I thought I did, the conflict between my mothering instincts and cultural advice promoting detachment and emotional distance.

Establishing a relationship with your baby's caregivers can help lessen the anxiety you feel about whether or not your child is getting the kind of care and attention you would provide.

Learn about common worries school - age kids have, ways to ease your child's fears, and when it's time to get help for anxiety.

Many books have been written about helping children cope with anxiety but here is a list of recommended titles that have good reviews from parents:

Bedtime Arguments and Homework Managing School Problems Back to School Structure Beat the Back to School Struggle When Your Child is an Underachiever Homework Strategies for Parents and Kids Navigating School When Your Child Has a Disability Back to School Anxiety Back To School Organization When Kids Don't Want to Go to School The Truth About Bullies Getting Your Kids to Love Reading Selecting the Right Book for Your Child

As children become better acquainted with the camp experience and more involved in the decision - making process, they will have less anxiety about going away to camp.

She has nine imagination tools that assist children in coping with everyday life, including anxieties about sleep.

As part of a diagnosis of a generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a child should have one of these symptoms for six months or more, and they should be triggered by more than one thing, such as being anxious about work, school, and friends.

Have you considered Yoga... it is such an amazing tool to breathing thru distress and focus on something other than your anxiety... it works for me and my kids when they are worried or stressed... I can not say enough good things about Yoga and it's healing powers... Good Luck with your older child and....

I am against the changes that the government is making to child benefit... The way they have gone about them has caused huge anxiety, particularly for mums who are staying at home while maybe their husbands are going out to work.»

Studies have shown that 40 % of parents in the United States have «tremendous anxiety» about vaccinating their children, Largent says, but no more than 3 % are actually anti-vaccine.

The actress recently opened up in a video created with the Child Mind Institute about the advice she would give herself when she was 18 and struggling with terrible anxiety and depression.

If you have questions about your child's learning, mood, and behavior challenges, including ADHD, autism, anxiety, and even brain injury, take a listen...

It feels so different, and is in ways an art house horror about children's social anxiety, among other reasons I would certainly recommend it as a simple piece of Hollywood entertainment mixed with elements of a classic ghost story.

It's about a woman who is having extreme separation anxiety with her child.

Over the years and across many school locations — parents and carers have reported their own levels of stress and / or anxiety about maths and these are often passed onto their own children.

These challenges play out in how children feel about themselves (self - concept), how there is an increased incidence of anxiety occurring in younger and younger children, how children are not willing to take risks for fear of failure, and how they lack resilience and have not developed intrinsically to make decisions because they are right.

At one of the most socially difficult times of their lives, over a third of our children have more anxiety about standardized tests than any other issue.