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How stressed are your kids? Do you know what's making them feel so anxious?

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Americans are so accustomed to stress that a recent study finding 75 percent of adults feel moderate to high levels of stress would hardly qualify as "news" to most of us. My personal response to those figures was a simple, "eh, that's about right" – even though I doubt my life at the moment could be classified as particularly stressful.

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I am married with three young children, and there are certainly stresses that go with that. But on the whole, our family isn’t facing any major upheavals –the birth of a baby, unemployment, a big move, divorce, loss or sickness of a family member – that can really cause stress levels to spike. We are among the millions of Americans in the middle, who are going along to get along. For that, I feel incredibly grateful.
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Reply#1 - Sat Nov 7, 2009 7:34 AM EST
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