“I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy and anxiety and excitement. When they're away, you've got a sudden loss of purpose and this ever-present fear about the kid's welfare. The departure of our children from our nest is not an easy thing.” YearsChildrenTwoFeelingsKidsSchoolJoyPurposeThreeEasyLossFiveFourAnxietyStressOur ChildrenCombinationWelfareExcitementTwo YearsFour YearsIrrationalNestsDepartureEasy ThingsTwo Year OldsPre School Author:Vera Farmiga
“Just as children, step by step, must separate from their parents, we will have to separate from them. And we will probably suffer...from some degree of separation anxiety: because separation ends sweet symbiosis. Because separation reduces our power and control. Because separation makes us feel less needed, less important. And because separation exposes our children to danger.” FeelsChildrenImportantEndsSufferingParentStepsDangerSweetNeededDegreesAnxietyOur ChildrenSeparationPower And ControlSymbiosis Author:Judith Viorst
“People think motherhood involves a lot of domestic labor, and it doesn't. It involves being nice to your children as often as possible. That's part of my trick. I don't have that anxiety about meeting their needs.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChildrenNiceAnxietyLaborOur ChildrenMeetingsMotherhoodTricksYour ChildrenBeing Nice Author:Anne Enright
“Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences.” WantChildrenEmotionalProtectAnxietyOur ChildrenPainfulExposureComprehensionPrematurePainful Experiences Author:Maurice Sendak
“During the periods in my marriage when I chose to stay home with my kids rather than work as an attorney, it caused me no end of anxiety. Despite the fact that I knew I was contributing to our family by caring for our children, I still felt that my worth was less because I wasn't earning.” ChildrenStillsEndsFactsHomeKidsFeltPeriodsAnxietyOur ChildrenCaringDespiteOur FamilyEarningAttorneyContributing Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Freeing Your Child from Anxiety is an excellent book, one of the best of its kind.” KindChildrenBookAnxietyOur ChildrenExcellentYour Children Author:Judith S. Beck
“Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down to eat.” ChildrenPlayTurnsTvsAnxietyOur ChildrenYour ChildrenHappy LifeConsumerismTurn Off Author:Pope Francis