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Stress isn’t going to just go away. And, it's at the root of nearly all of the health issues we face. Thus, how you deal with that stress will determine how stress affects your health. By increasing your resiliency you can best stress and have a better life.
Stress & Children
Excessive stress can impair childhood development of the brain and body. It can have devastating effects on health and learning throughout a child’s lifetime.
Taking care of your child’s stress starts in the womb. Diet, exercise and hydration all shape your child’s health.
Stress shows no visible signs on your child’s body, so it’s important to teach good habits for dealing with stressors. Connect with your child. Encourage him to make choices that are beneficial instead of detrimental. These behaviors in young life will steer your child in adulthood.
Stress can manifest in nightmares or excessive excitability. Difficulty with eating and sleeping also indicate an overly stressed child.
Severity of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) occur in an environment of neglect, abuse or humiliation. This isn’t where a parent gets upset once or apologizes. Not making the baseball team is not an adverse childhood experience. Living with a depressed parent or someone with addiction can cause excessive stress. ACE can affect a child later in life, allowing the cells of the body to marinate in toxic inflammatory chemicals. Chronic disease needs inflammation to survive. Extreme stress can cultivate chronic disease.
The body needs to become accustomed to stress. Learning to handle it, making smart choices and removing toxicity can help you beat stress. Sleep and proper nutrition also improve the ability to handle everyday stressors.
Listen in as Dr. Pete Sulack shares how to increase your child’s resiliency to stress, as well as your own.
Stress & Children
Excessive stress can impair childhood development of the brain and body. It can have devastating effects on health and learning throughout a child’s lifetime.
Taking care of your child’s stress starts in the womb. Diet, exercise and hydration all shape your child’s health.
Stress shows no visible signs on your child’s body, so it’s important to teach good habits for dealing with stressors. Connect with your child. Encourage him to make choices that are beneficial instead of detrimental. These behaviors in young life will steer your child in adulthood.
Stress can manifest in nightmares or excessive excitability. Difficulty with eating and sleeping also indicate an overly stressed child.
Severity of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) occur in an environment of neglect, abuse or humiliation. This isn’t where a parent gets upset once or apologizes. Not making the baseball team is not an adverse childhood experience. Living with a depressed parent or someone with addiction can cause excessive stress. ACE can affect a child later in life, allowing the cells of the body to marinate in toxic inflammatory chemicals. Chronic disease needs inflammation to survive. Extreme stress can cultivate chronic disease.
The body needs to become accustomed to stress. Learning to handle it, making smart choices and removing toxicity can help you beat stress. Sleep and proper nutrition also improve the ability to handle everyday stressors.
Listen in as Dr. Pete Sulack shares how to increase your child’s resiliency to stress, as well as your own.
Dr. Pete Sulack is Founder of StressRX.com and Unhealthy Anonymous, the 12-step program to reducing and managing stress levels, as well as the majority owner of one of the largest clinics in North America.