It only seems that childhood is a carefree time. In fact, children have to go through no less stressful situations than adults. For example, when a child starts attending kindergarten, goes to school for the first time, takes exams. Troubles in the family, diseases of relatives can also become a serious test for the children's nervous system. Parents need to remember this and closely monitor the condition of their child in order to protect him from nervous stress.
Nerves
In order not to drain the child's nervous system, try to smooth out stressful situations. Praise him more often, play together and have fun, do not burden him with "adult" problems.
Stress manifests itself in different ways in children of different ages.
- Babies under two years old have sleep disturbances, they are capricious and refuse food.
- At the age of two to five years, behavioral aggression is manifested, the child has bouts of bad mood, tearfulness, he may even start to stutter.
- Children of preschool and primary school age, under the influence of stress, become silent and withdrawn, avoid communication.
- Adolescents exhibit stress with “difficult behaviors”, bouts of irritation, and outbursts of rage. Often, under the influence of this factor, a convulsive tic develops: blinking or twitching.
What will help
Scientists have found that children who do not have enough magnesium in their bodies are more difficult to adapt to difficult circumstances. This macronutrient is able to withstand stress, which means it is simply necessary for the nervous system. To establish a lack of magnesium, you need to donate blood for analysis. If the deficiency of the element is confirmed by laboratory, the doctor will prescribe magnesium-containing drugs.
Anti stress products
Magnesium is found in beans, spinach, walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, and wheat bran. But since magnesium cannot be absorbed without vitamin B6, supplement the child's anti-stress diet with foods such as beef liver, chicken, sea fish, bell peppers, millet, pomegranate, garlic, sea buckthorn.
