If you are a parent, you are likely hyper-aware of and concerned about the stresses in your children’s lives.
Stress in children is normal — in order to develop properly, children actually require stress — stress being defined as a mental, physical or biochemical response to a perceived threat or demand. Childhood stress is actually natural and inevitable.
What we parents and adults actually need to look for are the “types” of stress being experienced by our kids and other children, because some types can affect a child’s brain and body with potential lifetime impacts.
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