“Does your child stress out in new situations, lose sleep over upcoming tests or become upset when things don’t go as planned? Anxiety affects many children and adults and often runs in families. But there are helpful steps you can take to ease your child’s anxiety and teach skills your child can use to manage his or her own stress. If your child’s anxiety is serious enough to interfere with learning, relationships and life enjoyment, a mental health professional can help find the most effective treatment.HealthPartners psychiatrist Dr. Elizabeth Reeve brings her knowledge and experience with anxiety in children to this lively discussion with Marti & Erin, who share a few stories of how anxiety shows up on their own family tree!”  -MomEnough TUNE IN HERE!

Stress is inevitable at any age, and that isn’t all bad, even for children. Some stressful experiences allow children to strengthen coping skills, manage challenge and build confidence. But when is stress too much? And what can parents and other caring adults do to make sure stress doesn’t reach toxic levels for young children?

Marti and Dr. Megan Gunnar, chair of the U of M’s Institute of Child Development, joined Diana Pierce on KARE 11 News at 11 to discuss what distinguishing between ordinary stress and toxic stress in young children and what parents need to do in order to be that buffer for their young children. -MomEnough View video.