Study Shows That Kids Are More Stressed These Days
Posted in Parenting, Your Health on 05. Nov, 2009
No one has to wonder why a mom may be stressed out. We are always on the go, loaded down with a million responsibilities, and are being pulled in many different directions. Although life with kids can be fun, entertaining, and incredibly rewarding, it can also be stressful.
It’s a given that mothers can be stressed out, but have you ever stopped and thought about how stressed the kids may be? I sometimes just assume that kids are busy playing, doing homework, making forts, and “being kids.” It wouldn’t really occur to me to ask my daughter if she’s stressed out, because she seems so carefree. However, a study by the American Psychological Association shows that many children are not only stressed, but that we parents may be missing it.
“The study, released earlier this week, found that a third of the 1,206 children in the survey (ranging in age from 8 to 17) reported feeling more stress than they had a year ago. Nearly half are worried about school, while only a third of their parents thought their children saw school as a problem. Thirty percent are worried about family finances; just 18 percent of parents think that’s on their kids’ list of stressors. Twenty-nine percent of teens report worrying about what comes after high school — getting into a good college or finding work — but only 5 percent of the parents of teenagers think that is causing stress for their children.”
Make sure and check out the rest of this article – it’s well worth reading.
Helping Our Children With Stress [The New York Times]
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