End of School Year Can Be Start of ‘Summertime Anxiety’ for Some Kids
June 17, 2019
By: Erica Pearson
Source: Star Tribune
Summer is supposed to be the best part of the year for a kid, right? Months of fun in the sun, backyard campouts, visits to the neighborhood pool, enjoying more downtime.
But for children who struggle without the structure of school, summer can be an anxious time.
Every season has its challenges, said Sasha Zagoloff, a clinical child psychologist with University of Minnesota Health in Minneapolis.
While anxiety usually peaks for kids in November, when the school year is fully underway, it can become a problem during summer, in part because parents don’t expect it.