http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-professionals-encourage-kids-families-to-welcome-%e2%80%9cback-to-school%e2%80%9d-day/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-professionals-encourage-kids-families-to-welcome-%e2%80%9cback-to-school%e2%80%9d-day/#comment-21864 Iris Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:34:44 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4414#comment-21864 I always dreaded school no matter what parents said. I was always being dragged kicking and screaming because of the anxiety i got from walking through those double doors. Needless to say I dropped out as soon as I was able and got my GED but that does not take away from what I felt all those years. Home school would have been a much better option for me and maybe for thousands of other kids just like me who are feeling the same things. I always dreaded school no matter what parents said. I was always being dragged kicking and screaming because of the anxiety i got from walking through those double doors. Needless to say I dropped out as soon as I was able and got my GED but that does not take away from what I felt all those years. Home school would have been a much better option for me and maybe for thousands of other kids just like me who are feeling the same things.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-professionals-encourage-kids-families-to-welcome-%e2%80%9cback-to-school%e2%80%9d-day/#comment-21801 Shannon Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:18:20 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4414#comment-21801 Don't you think that a great deal of how kids feel about school comes directly from how their parents talk to them about school? I mean I know that when my parents would say things to me like third grade was going to be so hard, and on and on, that really influenced how I felt about things even before I had a chance to experience them for myself. Anxious parents create anxious kids. Don’t you think that a great deal of how kids feel about school comes directly from how their parents talk to them about school? I mean I know that when my parents would say things to me like third grade was going to be so hard, and on and on, that really influenced how I felt about things even before I had a chance to experience them for myself. Anxious parents create anxious kids.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-professionals-encourage-kids-families-to-welcome-%e2%80%9cback-to-school%e2%80%9d-day/#comment-21798 Flintoff Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:14:21 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4414#comment-21798 Any new environment is tough for kids...more so with bullies there and the absence of their parents makes them all the more anxious. It is better to involved kids in social activities in summer break so that they look forward to new school year instead of dreading the idea. Any new environment is tough for kids…more so with bullies there and the absence of their parents makes them all the more anxious. It is better to involved kids in social activities in summer break so that they look forward to new school year instead of dreading the idea.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-professionals-encourage-kids-families-to-welcome-%e2%80%9cback-to-school%e2%80%9d-day/#comment-21796 Alexia Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:56:26 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4414#comment-21796 This really can be tough for kids, especially ones who already have social anxiety or phobias. Parents really need to be compassionate with their children about supporting them and accepting their fears at this time of change. I think the first few days of school and can really shape the entire school year for a child. This really can be tough for kids, especially ones who already have social anxiety or phobias. Parents really need to be compassionate with their children about supporting them and accepting their fears at this time of change. I think the first few days of school and can really shape the entire school year for a child.

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