From Unknown to Expected: Relief
Not knowing what will happen next is stressful. In our families, many times parents/caregivers have a sense of what will be happening next but the children don’t.
For children, the fear of the unknown can include everything from a new food, who will or won’t be at the playground, to the divorce of parents. Children (particularly young children) face change more frequently than the rest of us, as they move from family out into the world, learning and growing. It’s a necessary but also stressful part of life. Little ones give up bottles, cribs, and pacifiers; school-age children experience new …