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Children Crave Routines and Structure

Anxious children can benefit a great deal by support from their parents. The following tips will provide you with some ideas for helping your anxious child.
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Lori Denman-Underhill
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On January 2, 2017 | , ,

Children, especially those who are anxious, can benefit a great deal with support from their coParents. The following advice about creating routines and structure will provide coParents with some ideas for helping the child.

Routines and Structure

Establish consistent daily routines and structure. Routines reduce anxiety and regular daily patterns emphasize predictability. A regular routine will give a sense of control to both parent and child. Anxious children do not cope well with a disorganized, spontaneous family life style.

Take care of the basic needs of your child, especially to prevent fatigue and hunger. Establish a regular bedtime routine consisting of quieter activities (e.g. bath, reading with parent, talking with parent), which helps your child to gradually relax.

Provide opportunities for exercise. Exercise is helpful in relieving stress and helping your child’s body to relax.

It is important for children to have limits set and consequences for breaking the limits. Children feel secure when there are limits setting restrictions on inappropriate behaviors.