Stress in children: This is how parents can help and react!

Stress in children: This is how parents can help and react!

Herdstraße 4, 78050 Villingen-Schwenningen, Deutschland - In Villingen-Schwenningen, an alarm bell is erected! Stress, which is already capturing the little ones, is no longer an unknown phenomenon. Daniel Mielenz, head of the counseling center for parents, children and adolescents (Bekj), makes it unequivocally clear: "Being child and person is stressful." Even the youngest, including babies, are not sure before this pressure that is omnipresent in our modern world! How the stress factors explode these days is shown in worrying statistics.

Statistics are not lying: 1165 families were advised in 2023. Many of the little clients feel overwhelmed by the pressure to perform, which already hits kindergarten children. This generation not only has to correspond to social norms, but also sees itself confronted with global concerns such as climate change and conflicts - challenges that did not previously exist. "There are less healed world for children than before," continued Mielenz.

education stress in the focus

The role of parents plays a central role here. Mielenz emphasizes: "It is the task of the parents to show the children how to deal with stress." The focus of the consultations is strongly on giving the adult effective tools. While the children often react to stress with sadness or aggression, it is crucial that the parents are looking for help at an early stage when the situation becomes "too much, too often and too violent". In such cases, the counseling center countered great expectations - parents can also be advised anonymously without the children's knowledge.

To combat intensive stress, there are multiple approaches. Role games and resilience training are just a few methods developed by external providers for children. Mielenz also advises to calming activities such as reading, painting or just spending time with the children. "What helps the adults and children is very individual!" Is emphasized by Mielenz.