Overcoming Stress In Children
SUBDUING THE PANDEMIC STRESS IN CHILDREN As many of us are facing lots of challenges during this pandemic,in pursuing our passion online calls, online meetings to make our family financially stable and safe. So while we are making the harmony in our house during this pandemic the emotional needs of children are somehow ignored. They are observing everything and being silent inside their homes. In OPD's nowadays getting more cases of complaining of a stressed and frustrated child. According to UNICEF due to the closing of schools in 188 countries more than 1.5 billion children and young people are affected due to covid-19 outbreak. Each and everyone is battling against the effects of the corona virus pandemic. As the second wave of covid-19 impact is more in children every parent is in a state of panic and imposing a self lockdown in the house so as to make the
family safe. The schools and colleges have been shut for safety reasons more than 1 year and it had directly or indirectly affected the little minds very deeply. Now a days more incidents of young children showing an increased tendency to burst into tears, throwing temper tantrums and clinging to the parents. The teenagers suffering from anxiety and stress experience unpredictable anger, loss of appetite, headache and they appeared depressed and withdrawn from family meeting. The pandemic has changed the way children "Typically grow, learn, play, behave, interact and manage emotions". This pandemic has disrupted the children both mentally and physically. Lack of physical sports, lack of social interaction, tight schedule of online schooling, isolation Quarantine at home and anxious parents have developed depression boredom and fear among children. The Ancient Ayurveda | May-Jun 2021 | Issue 7 | 37
