Kids Experience Stress Too! Every day stress is natural and can increase our energy and motivation. Children and adults experience stress in the same way and can learn to manage it well. Chronic stress is a build up of stresses when the child feels vulnerable and unable to cope. Due to their daily hassles, children have "child-sized" everyday stresses. Signs of Stress: recurring headaches or tummy aches not feeling well, rapid heart beat sadness, panic, anger, frustration, crying quieter than usual trouble sleeping or relaxing eating more often or finding it difficult to eat at all not wanting to go to school trouble getting along with friends and family fear, crying nervous People Who Can Help: Teachers Principal School Nurse Social Worker Psychologist Family Doctor Friends Relatives For more information and helpful resources on dealing with stress please check out our Stress & Anger section in the Family Support Network store. Back to Workshops & Seminars Back to Family Support Network ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Lieberman is in private practice in North York as a family therapist and public speaker. For more information, Call: (416) 512-6356. or Email: susanl@familysupport.net