Aileen Hickie: Post-Covid anxiety threatens to overwhelm children, parents, and schools

Children need access to proper mental health supports — not a date in the diary to see a professional six months away 

Children can experience anxiety at different stages of their lives, but it is important to manage it.

All adults and children feel anxious and worried at times. Anxiety is a normal and natural occurrence. It’s part of life. But it can’t be allowed to become overwhelming or defining.

Children can experience anxiety about different issues at different stages of their lives. For the most part, this is just one more element of growing up.