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The Parents' Guide to Teenage Anxiety and Stress

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2 November 2022 is National Stress Awareness Day

 

There’s plenty of reasons for teens to get stressed, and they will vary based on what’s happening in their life and their personality. In small doses, stress can be a great motivator, helping us get things done. The problems set in when we experience high levels of stress over extended periods of time. That can be damaging, both to mental and physical health. Parents can’t stop their teens experiencing stress; however, they can help them develop ways to deal with it more effectively. In this guide, we cover:

 

  • How to spot the signs of anxiety and stress

  • Ways to help right away

  • Long term strategies to build their resilience

  • Coping with rejection

  • Encouraging healthy routines

  • Looking after the basics

  • Habits that can make stress worse

  • Where and when to get help and support

Vanessa Green
Darius Bluck

Meet the founders: Vanessa and Darius first met working in a school. Darius taught sixth formers and parents would catch him after school, asking him what they could do to help their teenage children make the right choices.

 

We looked online to find what resources were available specifically for parents and were surprised that, given how much information there was for children, there was very little guidance for parents. So we decided to write our first guide, and this marked the start of The Parents’ Guide to …​   

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