Anxiety is a natural part of childhood that helps kids to learn to cope with and respond to the world around them. Children go through developmentally appropriate phases of anxiety. Babies, for instance, feel anxious around strangers, clinging more closely and more tightly to their parents when a new person is introduced. Toddlers often struggle through separation anxiety, while young children wrestle with imagined dangers like monsters or ghosts. As children get older, their anxieties reflect what's going on in their lives - test anxiety in school, fear of rejection by peers, social pressures, etc.
http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/channel/mental-health/children-and-anxiety/children-and-anxiety
If you would like more resources to help with anxiety, check out this link. There is a neat video to watch with your child and free printable activities.
Really great resources here for adults and children.
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