Balancing schoolwork and extracurricular activities can be overwhelming

TEMECULA – As summer vacation comes to an end, it can be difficult for children to make the transition back to their daily school routine. Academic demands often mean a return to the stress of balancing schoolwork, extracurricular activities and relationships. Challenges like these can become overwhelming and may even lead to depression and anxiety in children and teens.

Unfortunately, these conditions are all too common at this age. From 2016-2019, of those children and teens ages 3-17, nearly 6 million were diagnosed with anxiety and about 2.7 million were diagnosed with depression.*

Symptom...