What causes a child to have stress?

What causes a child to have stress?

Charles Sophy (Private Practice in Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) gives expert video advice on: How can I help my child cope with stress?; What are the professional treatments for children with stress? and more...

As a parent, it is important for you to be able to clearly help them understand what is causing their stress. You should help discover whether school is really overwhelming or if it's just that the work is too hard, if they are having a problem with a friend, or if there are self-esteem issues that are going on. Do they feel something? Has somebody said something? Identifying the issue causing the stress, is tremendously empowering for a child so they can feel that there is a way for them to really understand the stress and then find a solution. There is physical and emotional help all in one that you can do for your child, because as you are doing that, the physical part of it is holding them, touching them and walking with them. But really the connection is the head and heart connection for your child, to be able to know what it is and what's getting to them, and then how to handle the stress.