Stress occurs when a person is faced with tasks and no longer believes they can cope with them. Short periods of stress are normal and can even be energising, but if a person is permanently under stress, this leads to symptoms such as insomnia, irritability, digestive problems and much more.

Even children are familiar with these symptoms. Many schoolchildren complain of excessive demands and headaches. Young children, however, are not yet able to express their feelings of being overwhelmed. Psychologists Fabian Grolimund and Stefanie Rietzler advise children to take a closer look and, for example, to take recurring stomach ache without a physical cause seriously.

According to the latest Juvenir study , children and young people themselves consider school and education in particular to be stress triggers. If a child feels permanently pressurised by school, parents can help by introducing fixed learning and relaxation times together with the child. If the learning times introduced are not enough, the psychologists on the podium said that parents should actually think about whether the type of school currently chosen is the right one for the child. The happiness of the child counts more than the school-leaving certificate! "For my children to be happy later, I have to make sure that they are happy TODAY," summarised Fabian Grolimund.

According to the Juvenir study,pressure from parents, constant availability via smartphone and leisure time stress tend to play a subordinate role as stress triggers for children and young people. At the same time, however, children would like to have more real free time. This discrepancy can be explained by the fact that very few children would cite the things they actually enjoy as stress triggers in self-reports. At the same time, it stresses them out that they are simply doing more and more.

Stefanie Rietzler and Fabian Grolimund recommend drawing up a weekly schedule and checking it: Where is there actually any time left for free play or relaxing?

Finally, of course, parents also exemplify "the stressed life". Fabian Grolimund recommends that parents pause if they have to keep urging their child on with the words "why don't you hurry up". This is a good time to ask yourself: "What's going on in my life that I always have to drag my child behind me? And is that what I want?"