This article discusses the high levels of anxiety among children, particularly related to testing, and provides strategies for parents to detect and relieve testing anxiety in their children.
Anxiety is at an all-time high among children with the societal pressure of the world, social media, peers, family and friends -- they are also trying to balance succeeding in their education -- such as preparing for the upcomingon how parents can detect testing anxiety in their children and strategies to help them relieve them of those fears.According to research, about 40% of middle and high school students suffer from diagnosable anxiety disorder.
Students who are prone to suffer from testing anxiety may also suffer from contributing factors such as ADHD, perfectionism, high achieving, stress, fear of failing and demanding families. Dr. Passe said anxiety amongst children has been through the roof since the pandemic, and the stakes are even higher with different testing, especially for students who are looking toward college and the need to perform well.According to Dr. Passe, younger children can manifest these symptoms into physical symptoms such as stomach aches, lack of sleep, not feeling well, and being clingy. In older children, they could experience verbal withdrawal, anxiousness, and feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes, she said it is harder to detect as some children may have internal and irrational thoughts of repeating a grade or failing.1.) Preparing for test and relaxation strategies, deep breath work, and tactics on relaxing the body. 2.) Incorporate in study sessions and get up and move, walk, and screen time to help associate studying with relaxation.
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