Peer pressure can cause great amounts of stress among children. This page includes information on different kinds of peer pressure and how to recognize the effects of it in a child. It also offers resources that can help a child get through this difficult time.

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Children may experience school anxiety as a result of problems in the school setting from such things as bullies, difficulty with teachers or friends, schoolwork being to easy or hard, learning disabilities, changes in the home from divorce or loss of family members, violence in the school, or harassment.

	Signs & Symptoms

• Complaints of a being sick (stomachache, etc) every morning
• Children experiencing a hard time making decisions before school
• Forgetting assignments and items for school
• Often being late in preparing for school
• Saying they hate school and don't want to go
• Sick in morning but better in the afternoon until next morning
• Trouble sleeping (nightmares), or constant complaints of feeling tired
• Afraid to be left in a room alone
• Clingy behavior and follows a parent around
• Worries a lot about getting hurt, or someone else getting hurt
• Tantrums when forced to go to school