3. Exercise: When you exercise, your body can also exercise your mind. Body movement transforms persistent thoughts and encourages awareness of feelings of strength and endurance. Children require a lot of exercise and play time. Encour- age your child to engage in sports, outdoor activities, sweating, and muscle strengthening. A strong body can easily influence a strong mind and improved self-image.
4. Effective Parenting: Children can easily become anxious and stressed by their surrounding environment. When parents and teachers are anxious, the children often absorb these emotions, resulting in altered behavior, moodiness, or restless- ness. When adults are peaceful, children are likely to become peaceful too.
• Self Esteem. Your child’s self esteem is one of the most important factors that affects their mind and body im- age. When a child feels good about themselves, they tend to socialize easily, appreciate their body, and do well in learning. Self-esteem and confidence are built from within. Parents, remember to give love to yourself- your child is watching your every mood, smile, and comment.
• Teach Responsibility. Give your child small tasks from an early age so they learn how to take responsibility for themselves and for others.
• Breathing. The body and brain rely on oxygen to operate efficiently, and it is important that children get enough oxygen into their body through regular, rhythmic breathing. Elevated anxiety levels can induce panic attacks that stem from shallow breathing, constricted vessels and poor oxygen supply to the brain. Teach mindful meditation and breath work to calm down the anxious mind and body.
• Ability to Change. Encourage children to be flexible in their body and mind. There are many ways to achieve successful out- comes. Encourage your child to find their own unique way. They need to know there are different ways to handle the same situation.
• Explore a New Environment. If an environment is making your child anxious, then remove them from what’s not working. Expose them to new environments where they feel empowered and can ex- press themselves and build relation- ships and confidence with like- minded individuals.
• Boundaries. Children thrive on posi- tive guidelines. While some may reb- el for a short time, they often learn and respect the boundaries from an early setting. Be consistent to avoid confusion and mixed messages.
• Use Positive Words. Words play a huge impact on how your child reacts to situations and how they feel about themselves. Negative words or phrases can be anxiety triggers for children. Avoid words such as, ‘never or always,’ ‘if only,’ ‘difficult,’ ‘can’t,’ or ‘impossible.’ Avoid judgment words such as ‘good vs bad,’ ‘right vs wrong,’ and replace them with words such as ‘appropri- ate.’ Remember to listen first, and then offer non-judgmental advice or constructive discipline.
While the conventional first-line treatment for most anxiety disorders in- cludes medication and cognitive behavioral therapy, complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) offers unique strategies that address underlying factors and begin to cor- rect imbalance from child to adulthood. Naturopathic medicine, herbal prescrip- tions, acupuncture, therapeutic massage,
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