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How parents can help kids deal with back-to-school anxiety

  • Written by Elizabeth Englander, Professor of Psychology, Bridgewater State University
How parents can help kids deal with back-to-school anxietyAnxiety may affect many more children than usual this fall. Cavan Images/Cavan Collection via Getty Images

As a child, I had a great deal of anxiety. If you’ve ever seen me speak in public, that might surprise you. But anxiety among children is extremely common and affects almost all children, to varying degrees.

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