Co-Regulating With Your Anxious Child in the New School Year
Lindsay P. South
Nov 7, 2025
1 min read
Finding strategies to increase your child's regulation and decrease school anxiety.
Here we are again! It’s September, and it’s back-to-school season. This new “season” brings on new routines and… anxiety. For some children, the new year brings on excitement, and for others, it can trigger stress and even resistance to the new routine. This is especially true for our children, teens, and young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning differences, or anxiety.
The new school year can bring many emotions for children, and co-regulation is such a valuable way to help them feel safe, understood, and supported. I especially appreciate the focus on staying connected rather than simply trying to fix anxiety. Parents can also use practical tools to understand their child's needs and responses. Even a digital inclinometer online can be useful in other everyday learning contexts.
'Here we are again! It’s September, and it’s back-to-school season,' just like the website says! I'm thinking about this while waiting on the subway, and it’s interesting to think about how many kids feel anxious. Is finding strategies to regulate kids anxiety really that crucial? 24K Gold Price