Is your easygoing child suddenly clinging to you at school and worrying incessantly? You may be confused and wonder how this happened.

Oddly enough, what seems like an abrupt change may be nothing more than a stage they are going through.

Each stage changes not only how your child interprets the world but also how they might be afraid of it. That doesn’t mean anything is broken. It could just mean they’re noticing things they hadn’t noticed before.