How early does it start?

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I tend to think that children have an innate mechanism of relieving their stress and adult intervention play a very minor role in adjusting to that output.
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I think it should start at an early age. Children should be taught how to cope with anxiety early on, so they can better understand themselves.

Dismissing their concerns should be done gently, in a way that doesn't devalue their input of the matter.
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I think it’s important to let children know how anxiety feels and teach them how to deal with it. But it’s also necessary not to make it a great issue because, in future, any little stress can also force the kids to think it’s abnormal and they might not be able to handle it. So,
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Personally, I think that my anxiety started when I was a child. I always thought that I am extremely shy, but actually, I'm anxious. I think many people can relate to me as well.
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I think, first and foremost, parents need to stop with the "You're too young to have mental health issues". The newer generations need to be encouraged to show their feelings, seek help, and in turn, help others who need it.
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Nerea wrote:
> Good question. I think the practices can also help children because it's at
> a tender age that one starts to learn things that will help them make
> better decisions as they grow to become adults. Notice this proverb that
> says; "Train a boy/child in the way he should go; Even when he grows
> old he will not depart from it." So the practices can help the
> children as well. Anxiety or stress does not respect age.
I agree with you 100%! Studies show even infants suffer from stress and anxiety at times. With an infant, gentle massage is recommended, and it works! Think of what a baby goes through in the actual birthing process - they enter this world stressed and anxious! Swadling is also a stress and anxiety reducer for infants because it makes them feel safer.
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This can be applied to both adults and kids. But, I for one think that a kid will still be a kid. In as much as they should be taught how to deal with these things, but they'll still deal with things like kids, until they grow up to really understand.
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Post by Laura Britos »

In my opinion anxiety is not something that develops over night. It is true that people naturally fell anxious or stressed under difficult situations, but getting to a point that paralyses you and makes you waste your time with negative feelings is something that must have developed during the early stages of childhood.
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I think instead of telling children that anxiety is not their thing from childhood, the practice in this book could help them handle it better. If they learn this early enough, it could help them live better and above anxiety.
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I think that several solutions offered in this book could help children. For example, breathing exercises are very useful for young children. My mother is an elementary school counselor, so she is constantly working with children who are anxious or upset. She teaches them how to calm down by first controlling their breath, their body, and their mind.

I think that a lot of the natural remedies mentioned are great tools that should be taught to younger people. I sure wish I had been able to use some of these techniques when I was in middle school, as I'm sure it could have helped me to calm down in certain situations. I think by educating at a younger age, it would allow more people to better handle and overcome their anxiety later on in life, rather than feel defenseless or unsure of how to move forward.
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I think a lot of these techniques can be very helpful to children. And I'd even argue that some of them may be more beneficial if you start young. For example talking a kid through cognitive-behavioral therapy can be really helpful since, while they may not fully understand it at the time, it will help teach them how to properly assess how their thoughts and actions interact and it'll be more ingrained than if they just read about it at 20, 30 or even later.
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Well, your view is a bit contrasting to how I was raised. In my childhood days, my dad always informed us that anxiety never solved anything. So I think it should start early. Just that most families don't talk about such things.
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Children need guidance, and in this fast paced, multitask, learn fast age, they need support more than never. Without the proper mental structure they will have many problems with anxiety and stress.
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I think as a parent you should try to keep a close eye on your child whenever possible while respecting their privacy. Talk to about what is troubling them and solve them together. If they are having an anxiety issue you help them out. Generally warning them about anxiety would be good but care should be taken about their mental health. That involves understanding when your child is acting oddly and the reason why they are doing so.
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In my experience, children learn their coping skills by imitating their parents. Being sure that we cope in healthy adult ways by practicing the advice in this book can help the little ones, too.
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