7 tips for parents: relaxed shopping with children
Make family shopping easier! Our tips will make shopping with children less stressful and more fun for everyone.
Children often feel in their stomachs what they cannot yet put into words. Whether excitement, fear or joy, emotions often have a direct effect on digestion. No wonder we talk about gut feelings: The gut is closely connected to the brain via millions of nerve fibers. It reacts to everything that children experience and lets us know when things are getting too much.
Whether joy, excitement or fear – every emotion triggers small chain reactions in the body. If your children are rather sensitive, they can react strongly to such internal signals. They sense every conflict, every change. So more often than many parents suspect, emotions rather than infections can be the reason for discomfort in the stomach.
When we are stressed, our body releases stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline. Among other things, these change intestinal movement and blood circulation. In children, this can mean that the stomach contracts, digestion becomes sluggish or, on the contrary, runs at full speed, which can manifest itself as diarrhea, stomach ache or loss of appetite.
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Children who frequently complain of abdominal pain without a physical cause often suffer from so-called “functional abdominal pain”. This means that the gut is medically healthy but highly sensitive, especially to stress, anxiety or pressure of expectation. Children with functional abdominal pain are often attentive, sensitive and empathetic, almost like little mood sensors. When their parents are stressed, school is demanding or things are going wrong with friends, their body senses this immediately and their gut reacts to the emotional world.
In this case, it is important to take the little ones seriously. Affected children do not imagine their pain. Their feelings simply translate physically and need understanding from their parents, not skepticism.
What helps when your child’s tummy reacts excessively to stress? Security, regularity and calm are the best “remedies”. Children need fixed rituals, small anchors in everyday life that signal to the body: Everything is fine and you can relax. The most important of these rituals are
When children learn to listen to their bodies, it not only strengthens their digestion, but also their self-confidence. The famous gut feeling is an inner compass that guides us through life. As parents, you can support this compass by exemplifying calmness, giving your little ones emotional security and taking their signals seriously.
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Make family shopping easier! Our tips will make shopping with children less stressful and more fun for everyone.