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Managing anxiety


How can you tell if children are anxious?

There are many different ways that anxiety can display itself – the symptoms of anxiety in children and young people can include:

  • difficulty concentrating and finding it hard to focus
  • not sleeping or waking up during the night – bad dreams
  • loss of appetite – not eating properly
  • tummy aches or complaining of not feeling well
  • talking too much and asking lots of questions, or becoming sullen and quiet
  • being clingy to adults or crying
  • becoming more fidgety than normal
  • going to the toilet a lot