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By Christy | the Practicing Pro w ww.ScotiaSuzuki.org Is my child too stressed? How can I tell? Stress is an important part of life - all children are stressed from time to time but how much is too much? What should you look for and what do you do when you see signs of stress in your child? Having conversations about stress with our students and our children can be a tricky and sensitive task when it’s constant and related to doing too many activities. Having a busy schedule

By Christy | the Practicing Pro w ww.ScotiaSuzuki.org “How can my kids practice everyday when they are super busy”? I get asked this question all the time! It’s a difficult one to answer. I have spent years getting to know many students and their families and my experience has taught me that this question actually sounds like, “Are my children doing too many activities to practice”? Your children might be doing too many activities... But how can you know? Do you feel like you