Children
Children rarely say, “I am stressed.” They have tummy aches, they fight putting on shoes, they go small, they explode over a pencil. Adults call it drama. Often it is a nervous system that has run out of buffer — tests, a sharp remark, a house that has been tense, not enough sleep.
What helps is boring and effective: protect sleep, reduce one extra class if the week is stuffed, eat before the meltdown hour, and name the load without solving it all. “This week has a lot of tests. No wonder you’re scratchy.” Then keep the morning shorter on talk. A flooded child cannot use a lecture.
If the pattern lasts weeks, if school is being missed, if there is self-blame, bullying, or a child who was sunny and is now flat, come in. Stress after a shock also deserves a proper conversation. Child psychology is not only for ‘disorders.’ It is for a child whose body has been doing all the talking.
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