Behaviours Caused by Anxiety
8 Behaviours That Could Be Masking Your Child's Anxiety
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Overplanning and defiance go hand in hand in their root cause. Where anxiety can cause some children to try to take back control through defiant behaviour, it can cause others to overplan for situations where planning is minimal or unnecessary. A child with anxiety who has been invited to a friend's birthday party may not only plan what they will wear and what gift to take, they will ask questions about who else will be there, what they will be doing, when their parent will pick them up, what they should do if someone at the party has an allergy, who to call if they get nervous or uncomfortable, who they can talk to while they are there . . . Preparing for every possibility is a way a child with anxiety takes control of an uncontrollable situation.