Back to School: How parents can help kids manage stress, anxiety

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Summer break is almost over, and thousands of Chicago students will return to school in the next coming weeks.

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Most kids are excited to head back to the classroom, see their friends, and pick back up on extracurricular activities. But, for some, the potential challenges of a new school year are a source of stress.

Dr. Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher, regional clinical director at Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center in Chicago and a lecturer at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, stopped by ABC 7 to share some tips for parents on how to help children cope with any back-to-school anxiety they may be experiencing.