Stranger anxiety

Stranger anxiety

Stranger anxiety is a form of distress that children experience when exposed to people unfamiliar to them. Symptoms may vary, but include: getting very quiet and staring at the stranger, verbally protesting by cries or other vocalizations and/or hiding behind a parent. Stranger anxiety is a typical and therefore normal part of the developmental sequence that most children experience.

ee also

Separation anxiety disorder

ources

* [http://www.aap.org/ American Academy of Pediatrics ]
* [http://www.parenting-ed.org/ Center for Effective Parenting]
* [http://www.dhss.mo.gov/babyyourbaby/strangeranxiety.html Department of Health and Senior Services, “Best Practice Recommendations” for allaying stranger anxiety]


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