Anxiety: Why do children have anxiety, what are its symptoms, expert explained...
- byShikha Srivastava
- 24 Feb, 2025
In today's time, the problem of anxiety is increasing among people of all ages, from adults to children. If we talk about children, after coming from school, children spend most of their time using mobile for social media or gaming and do less physical activity. Also, in today's competitive era, children feel a lot of stress about their studies. Due to this, they can become victims of anxiety. Due to this, PM Modi also talked about the stress of studies in children.
PM Modi talked to the students in the eighth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha. During this, he has told them about many topics ranging from lifestyle and food. One of which is how to avoid depression.

While talking to the children during Pariksha Pe Charcha, PM Modi said that gradually you must have noticed that now if someone talks at home, then it does not feel good. In childhood, we used to tell everything to our parents. Now gradually the students are cutting themselves off from their loved ones. Due to this, he can gradually go into depression. To avoid this, do not keep anything in your mind. Speak your thoughts openly to everyone.
Talk to everyone at home.
Nowadays many children are stressed about exams. At the same time, many people are stressed about something or the other. Thinking about exams or anything is a common thing. But if you are overthinking about something or feeling stressed, then it can have a bad effect on your health. In such a situation, he can become a victim of anxiety or depression. But it is very important to control it. Let's learn from the experts about the symptoms of anxiety in children and how to reduce it.
What do the experts say?
Dr AK Kumar, HOD in the Psychiatry Department at Ghaziabad District Hospital, says that if a child is often restless, he is more nervous, and is always in fear and worry, then these are the symptoms that he is suffering from anxiety.
A child can have anxiety due to many reasons. If his parents fight, the atmosphere at home is not good, there has been a sad incident in childhood or he is not able to study properly, then he may have anxiety.
In some cases, this can also be due to a disturbance in the brain function. It is important to identify this mental problem in the child at the right time and get treatment by consulting a doctor. If the treatment is not done at the right time, the child can even go into depression. Which is a dangerous situation.
Manage stress
Right upbringing
To keep children away from anxiety or depression, first of all, keep the atmosphere of the house right. Talk thoughtfully in front of the child. Keep children away from fights at home or outside. Do not make marks a pressure in studies, rather find tips to make studies interesting for children. Also, ask your child about his day daily. Adopt a simple way to explain things to children. Be like a friend to the child so that he does not hesitate to share all his things with you. Apart from this, encourage the child to focus on physical activity and hobbies. Let them participate in competitions, but do not put pressure on them to win. Because this will help them learn something and they will learn to talk to people.
Right lifestyle
It is most important to have the right lifestyle. Therefore, take 7 to 8 hours of sleep every day. Also, keep in mind the time of sleeping. Along with this, take a healthy diet. Do meditation to manage stress and also take out time in the week for your favorite work like dance, painting, etc. Avoid fighting. If you have something on your mind, then talk to your close friend. Tell them everything about it. Spend time with family and friends. Talk to them and go out.
Time management
Manage your time. If we talk about children, then make a timetable for school, tuition, studies, and sports. On the other hand, elders can write their daily work in a diary. Sleep on time at night, wake up in the morning take time for exercise, meditation, or yoga and do the important tasks first. Avoid wasting time on social media.
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