not just adults, children can also be stressful

Spontaneous, cheerful, no load, and away from stress! When disappointed or sad, he would cry for a while and soon recovered his joy. That's the world of children in the eyes of adults. The view was inherent in the minds of parents and considers stress adults only property. Consider your child's signs of stress.

Stress is not only the disruption experienced by adults, because even small children can also be stressful, which would affect the physical and psychological health.

However, not many parents who realize that their children's stress, so that all the changes experienced by children is considered as a physical problem. For that, the American Academy of Pediatrics tries to give some idea about the signs of the possibility of your child's excessive stress, such as:

* Physical complaints such as stomachaches or headaches.
* Fatigue, anxiety or irritability.
* Children are not too communicative may also sign you're depressed.
* Irritability and loss of interest in favorite activities.
* Lack of interest in studying in school, falling grades.
* Changes in behavior such as lying, stealing, avoid responsibilities at home or become more dependent on parents.

Psychological distress experienced by some children may be certain, but not in children. He tends to think, kids today are more fortunate: not a day longer as before so that authoritarian parenting, stress-free child.

Know stress
Stress is a response to a variety of factors or situations that create negative emotions, physical changes, also a combination of physical and emotional changes. This is an unpleasant condition that can be experienced by both adults and children alike.

In certain circumstances, stress can actually be a motivator. For example, when the fear of failing the exam, we are actually motivated to learn the max. However, severe stress would somehow interfere with life, activity, and health.

All people have a natural response to stress which is a form of survival (survival). Children also has its own way in dealing with stress. They learn to respond to stress with the experience and observations. Some become aggressive, some are behaving recklessly, others withdraw from the association.

Causes and symptoms
Stress in children is often caused by things that are taken lightly by parents.

Children's responses to particular situations can vary. There are situations that are considered stressful for children who have one, but not for other children. However, stress in children is usually caused by:
- A new situation that feels strange or unexpected.
- The expectations of the uncertain compliance.
- Anticipation of something unpleasant (pain and so on).
- Fear of failure (or academic achievement in the association).
- Entering an important stage in the life

When experiencing stress, children may not know he is stressed. Therefore, parents are expected to be alert to the possibility of children experiencing serious stress, which can be recognized from symptoms such as:

- Physical symptoms: headache, abdominal pain or heartburn, heartburn, sleep disturbances, nightmares, bed wetting, stammering speech, loss of appetite or other changes in eating habits, and other physical symptoms without physical pain.

- Emotional or behavioral symptoms: anxiety, restlessness, can not relax, fear of something (fear of the dark, fear of being alone, fear of strangers, and so on), concentration problems learning, stick to hold the parents or substitute parents, angry, crying, fussy, not can control your emotions, aggressive behaviors, stubborn, regression (again behave like childhood), not willing to participate in family or school activities.