Any parent wouldn't want to see their child suffering from panic attacks, may it be just a couple of minutes or a few hours. Knowing how innocent and vulnerable children are, it actually hurts parents that they weren't able to protect their child from the pressures of life, which they were supposed to do. Unfortunately, as much as parents would want their kids not experience anxiety attacks, children are still at risk of getting one though this is usually different from adult panic attacks.
If your child experiences anxiety attacks, it is imperative that you as a parent find out the underlying cause for these attacks. Sometime attacks are a response to stress or trauma so assess your child's behavior and try to remember events that has lead to a change in behavior of your child.
Although parents would want to believe that they can protect their children from stress and worries but some events or situations can put pressure and tension to your child without the parents realizing it. And these pressures and tensions can lead to anxiety attacks.
Unfortunately though, there are also parents who are the reason for the pressure and the tension that children feel. Some parents want to brag about their kids. And this actually put more pressure to the child to please their parents by becoming the best of everything just so their parents have something to brag about. Due to competition from other parents, they would actually demand so much from children without realizing that they are actually robbing the childhood years of their children.
Instead of enjoying their time as a child, free from worries, children spend more time practicing, studying, etc. Though practicing and studying are good but what is not good is that children spend too much time practicing and studying that they actually don't have time to play anymore. And most of all, because children want to please their parents, too much practicing and studying can actually instill to the child that he or she is unwanted unless he or she is the number one in class, the best athlete, or whatever best title the child can ever have.
Unfortunately, due to the innocence of children and the fact that they can't express how they feel to their parents, children could not cope with these pressures and tensions. They build up more stress as they would just keep their feelings to themselves thereby leading to the development of anxiety attacks in some or even most children.
Parents would just one day be surprised to see their children having episodes of intense fear for no specific reason, although, these fears may be triggered by physical reactions that are very severe. But pressures from the parents are not the only causes of anxiety attacks in children. This can also be due to trauma or painful past experiences that led to the development of phobia to certain things.
Another cause for anxiety attacks is genetic. It has been shown that children have higher risk of having anxiety attacks if they have relatives who have this condition. Or if chemicals in their bodies have negative reactions to their nervous system leading to the brain signaling the body with anxiety attacks. Or diseases can also caused attacks in children.
Though some causes of anxiety attacks may be difficult to prevent but some causes are still preventable if parents would just give their children a break. Give your child a chance to be a child, free from worries about the pressures of life. And most importantly, parents should give their children the understanding, care and support that their children needs. - 32513
If your child experiences anxiety attacks, it is imperative that you as a parent find out the underlying cause for these attacks. Sometime attacks are a response to stress or trauma so assess your child's behavior and try to remember events that has lead to a change in behavior of your child.
Although parents would want to believe that they can protect their children from stress and worries but some events or situations can put pressure and tension to your child without the parents realizing it. And these pressures and tensions can lead to anxiety attacks.
Unfortunately though, there are also parents who are the reason for the pressure and the tension that children feel. Some parents want to brag about their kids. And this actually put more pressure to the child to please their parents by becoming the best of everything just so their parents have something to brag about. Due to competition from other parents, they would actually demand so much from children without realizing that they are actually robbing the childhood years of their children.
Instead of enjoying their time as a child, free from worries, children spend more time practicing, studying, etc. Though practicing and studying are good but what is not good is that children spend too much time practicing and studying that they actually don't have time to play anymore. And most of all, because children want to please their parents, too much practicing and studying can actually instill to the child that he or she is unwanted unless he or she is the number one in class, the best athlete, or whatever best title the child can ever have.
Unfortunately, due to the innocence of children and the fact that they can't express how they feel to their parents, children could not cope with these pressures and tensions. They build up more stress as they would just keep their feelings to themselves thereby leading to the development of anxiety attacks in some or even most children.
Parents would just one day be surprised to see their children having episodes of intense fear for no specific reason, although, these fears may be triggered by physical reactions that are very severe. But pressures from the parents are not the only causes of anxiety attacks in children. This can also be due to trauma or painful past experiences that led to the development of phobia to certain things.
Another cause for anxiety attacks is genetic. It has been shown that children have higher risk of having anxiety attacks if they have relatives who have this condition. Or if chemicals in their bodies have negative reactions to their nervous system leading to the brain signaling the body with anxiety attacks. Or diseases can also caused attacks in children.
Though some causes of anxiety attacks may be difficult to prevent but some causes are still preventable if parents would just give their children a break. Give your child a chance to be a child, free from worries about the pressures of life. And most importantly, parents should give their children the understanding, care and support that their children needs. - 32513
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