Gloria L. Huang wrote her debut middle-grade novel 'Kaya of the Ocean' to honor kids with anxiety. These shows and movies do the same Gloria is a novelist and short story writer. She studied fiction ...

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In Disney Pixar’s blockbuster sequel Inside Out 2, which hit theaters last week, a new character with a frizzy spray of orange hair and an awkward smile walks into Headquarters with two armfuls of ...

As a child, I had a great deal of anxiety. If you’ve ever seen me speak in public, that might surprise you. But anxiety among children is extremely common and affects almost all children, to varying ...

Performance anxiety presents as unusually strong worry or fear around activities that involve accomplishment. It can be experienced in any number of areas that range from public speaking to athletic ...

There’s been a notable increase in anxiety among children over the past few years, making them the most anxious generation of all time. While some of the factors are beyond our control, there are ...

Anxiety and stress among schoolchildren skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, feeding chronic absenteeism, and the dawn of a new school year is leaving kids and parents alike to grapple with yet ...

On her first full day of preschool, Alexander Lane's 3-year-old daughter stayed in the car for an hour at drop-off because she didn't want to go inside. On the second day, she entered class in tears.

Anxiety is a family inheritance nobody wants to pass down. Yet anxious parents often watch helplessly as their children develop the same fears, worries, and avoidance patterns they’ve struggled with ...

FILE – Dr. Gene Beresin, executive director of the Clay Center for Healthy Minds at Mass General, says caregivers have to assume that kids of all ages are seeing overwhelming images online as a ...

On her first full day of preschool, Alexander Lane’s 3-year-old daughter stayed in the car for an hour at drop-off because she didn’t want to go inside. On the second day, she entered class in tears.