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recognize the signs of anxiety disorders in kids
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ELAINE ROGERS
irst there were tantrums. Then uncooperativeness. “She couldn’t transition between activities well either,” says Keri Stoner Davis of Lewisville, whose daughter Kaylee was in preschool at the time. “They told us she would hang onto her anger for days.”
Jennifer Nintzel, a Mansfield mother, has dealt with different behaviors attached to the same diagnosis: anxiety. Her son Liam seemed increasingly apprehensive. Sleepovers became a nightmare. He’d want to be with friends, then in the middle of the night Nintzel would get a panicked plea for pickup. 40
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