It seems like summer just got started, and here it is, time for kids to
head back to school.
Some are eagerly awaiting the first day – happy to begin
first grade or to get back in the classroom with their friends.
Others are
dreading it, wishing for the days to go slower before they’ll be required to
show up.
Your child may be dreading school because it is an entirely
new experience, or because it hasn’t been a pleasant experience. He or she may
have been bullied or teased. There may be classmates – or even teachers – that make
each day unpleasant.
Perhaps you and your children have moved to a new community
over the summer – so everything is different and scary. He or she won’t know
anyone, won’t know the layout of the school, and won’t know any of the
teachers. For a lot of kids, this is terrifying.
Your child may have just moved from middle school to Junior
High School. Or from Junior High to Senior High – or high school to college. Everyone
is subjected to those rites of passage, but that doesn’t make it any easier for
a student who is filled with anxiety over the change.
How can you help?
First, by being understanding without being “enabling.” Let your
child know that his or her feelings are perfectly normal. A whole lot of kids
feel the same way. If you experienced the same anxiety, talk about how you got
through it. Understand it, but don’t make a bigger problem out of it.
Second, by providing your child with a bottle of Feel5ive
from FeelBach!.
Feel5ive is the anti-stress formula Doctor Bach created to deal with
fear and anxiety. It’s there to help on those fearful first days, and at times
when you have to face something like a job interview or an audition, a dental
appointment, surgery, or meeting your sweetheart’s Mom for the first time.
Four drops 3 or 4 times a day will help keep your child on
an even keel. Since schools are suspicious of anything they don’t know, put the
mid-day drops in a bottle of water or juice that your child will take to
school.
Oh – and if you are the one who is anxious about your child
going off to school, it will help you too!
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