Help Them Find Their Own Strength

Tips for Managing Your Child’s Stress/Anxiety

TIP: We can walk beside our children while they learn to find their own way.

WALK BESIDE THEM AND LISTEN.

Children build confidence by working through small challenges with a caring adult nearby. The goal isn’t to remove every difficult feeling, but to help them learn that they can get through it.

• Ask: “What do you think you could try?”
• Break a big problem into smaller steps.
• Practise difficult situations together at home.
• Notice their effort and achievement, not only the outcome.
• Remind them of challenges they have handled before.
• Stay close while giving them room to try.