As kids get ready to start a new school year some of them wait with excitement and nervousness to see their friends, meet their teachers and have fun, others struggle with severe anxiety about going back to school, feel overwhelmed with the academic demands of the year ahead and socializing seems excruciating. Here are 3 ways to support your child on the first week of school and throughout the school year: Just listen. Allow you children or teens to share their feelings about

Everyone feels anxious now and then. It’s a normal emotion that we all experience. For example, we may feel nervous when faced with a problem at work or school, before taking a test, or before making an important decision. This sense of anxiety is described by many as “butterflies” in their stomach and can sometimes make us feel nauseous and even prevent us from eating or feel hungry. It is important to learn to become aware of our own feelings and how they feel in our bodies

Bullies can be very intimidating and affect kids and teens in many ways. They may lose sleep or feel sick and try to make excuses to skip school, but sometimes the biggest bullies they have live in their own heads. Negative self-talk can be very intimidating and abusive. Those negative comments leave emotional scars that impact our self-concept and self-esteem, increase the risk for anxiety and depression and affect the way we show up in relationships. Our self- confidence a