Children are a constantly evolving microcosm, both physical and mental, and their changes are sudden.
They discover pieces of the world from day to day and the imprinting they receive is fundamental for the foundations of their emotional well-being .
Adults often forget how fundamental the attention to be paid to them is in these delicate years for their formation.
Let's see how nature can help parents overcome children's anxiety .
Children's anxieties
It has been shown that children's anxieties are the same as those of adults, who "build" themselves over the years and remain more or less latent.
The only form of child-specific anxiety is that of separation, the fear of losing one's references, which are generally the parents, especially the mother.
This form of anxiety occurs especially in the evening when children have to go to sleep . For them sleep can be a moment of detachment, which they would like to procrastinate as much as possible; for this reason they tend to want to "watch TV a little", to ask them to read a fairy tale, or to stay close to them in bed until they fall asleep; they are all unconscious rituals, functional to quell their worries, and the parents of children with these manifestations must indulge as much as possible healthy habits that can calm them.
In phytotherapy and in flower therapy there are delicate remedies that can help to balance children's anxious attitudes, without affecting their physical and mental development.
Bach flowers in the first place and Gemmoderivati can be introduced into daily rituals to reconcile the mood of our little ones with life and its first difficulties.
Child stress, causes and how to deal with it
Bach flowers for children's anxiety
Aspen
Aspen is indicated for those who suffer from indefinite fears ; they are anguished children without specific causes. Bach in fact describes this flower “ for those unspecified and unknown fears that have no explanation or justification. The subject may be terrified of something he does not know, but he believes he is going to happen to him ".
Aspen children are sensitive children, who absorb the bad influences that are "in the air". Aspen is the right remedy in case of fear of the dark , nightmares, difficulty falling asleep .
Agrimony
Agrimony is indicated for those who suffer from anxiety and to reassure themselves they need rituals, or real addictions.
The Agrimony children manifest the need for everything to be in harmony around them, they do not like conflicts, therefore trouble to be in a family context with disagreements, they would present psychosomatic disorders such as tic disorder , enuresis, bruxism, insomnia, for which precisely Agrimony is the right remedy, in addition to being indicated to quell baby bottle and onychophagy addictions .
Gemmoderivati for children's anxiety: Tilia Tomentosa
Tilia Tomentosa is the glycerine macerate of Tiglio gems, indicated in cases of anxiety, groundless insomnia, nervousness and enuresis. It is an excellent sedative even in the case of teething problems or gastric colics .
The sedative effect of the Tiglio is extremely sweet and gradual and matches well with very lively and curious personalities.
Very active children, always on the move, who would never want to go to sleep because they still have energy to play, will benefit from the Tilia Tomentosa, which will slowly accompany them to realize that their body needs to rest to recharge their energy.
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