You can ‘catch’ stress but you can’t pick up anxiety like a cold says around 30 per cent of children with anxiety are born with an anxious temperament but for the majority it is a learned behaviour (so it can be unlearned, too). “More kids now are talking and behaving anxiously than a generation ago. Anxiety is a normal part of being human but we need to give kids the skills to be the boss of their anxiety. The earlier you intervene, the better the outcome.”
