BODY & SOUL
Primary school stress: how to keep your children calm and happy
Your kids need good mental health habits way before they enter their teenage years, says Dr Alex George. Here’s how to help them
As a child, every problem can be a huge one
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The Times
When Alex George was ten, he was gripped by a debilitating conviction that all his teachers hated him. The fact it was baseless — George was the sort of hardworking, polite boy that any teacher would be relieved to find in their classroom — made no difference. He told no one, but couldn’t shake the anxiety.
It is hard to imagine that anxious, self-doubting little boy going on to embrace a career as an A&E doctor, where life and death can rest on his decisions alone. Or becoming an influencer with almost two million Instagram followers, and even going to the one place more stressful than A&E when he became a contestant on Love Island in 2018.
“I look back and think it’s quite sad
