All children experience anxiety.
Anxiety in children is expected and normal at specific times in development. If anxieties become severe and begin to interfere with the daily activities of childhood, such as separating from parents, attending school and making friends, parents should consider seeking the evaluation and advice of a child and adolescent psychiatrist. One type of anxiety that may need treatment is called separation anxiety. Some anxious children are afraid to meet or talk to new people. Children with this difficulty may have few friends outside the family.