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  Anxiety Disorders in Teenagers & How to Deal with It According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 1 in 3 of all adolescents aged 13 to 18 experience an anxiety disorder. These numbers have been rising steadily. Anxiety disorders cut across all demographics―suburban, urban, or rural. And all age categories. Feeling anxious and Fear of particulars is a basic emotion of human beings. It is associated with the perception of a real threatening situation and involves the fight or flight response activated by sympathetic nervous system. If a thug attacks you in the street, you would feel intense fear. Then you would either run to save your life or hit him back. Thus fear involves cognition of the threatening object, subjective cognition of being in danger, physiological components like increased heart rate and behavioral component like running or hitting. Now if you cannot go out of your home because you are always apprehending an attack from a hoodlum, it is anxiety....

  Fussy Eaters – How do Parents Tackle Them? Why are some kids so fussy about food? There are kids who will eat only semisolids, some kids fill mouth pockets with food and don’t swallow, some kids puke as soon as they are exposed to certain foods. Mothers or care takers are running behind kids to feed them and are continuously trying to entertain them while they eat. It turns out there are umpteen number of reasons your child may turn up his nose at mealtimes.  20% to 50% of kids are described by their parents as picky eaters. If a picky eater isn’t getting enough good nutrition because of being too selective, it can lead to both short and long-term nutrient deficiencies and other problems. Fussy eaters are a pain for the parents. Parents are at loss of ideas, on dealing with such picky eaters. A baby can seem picky for dozens of reasons -- or no reason at all. It is important to understand WHY Your Child Is Fussy. They may have an immature digestive system. They m...