Manitoba parents, students grapple with anxieties about heading back to class All this as Kids Help Phone tells Global News nearly eight in every 10 children who call their number lately say returning to school is a major stressor.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“It’s definitely a topic that’s on people’s minds and people are reaching out to us in droves about back-to-school,” says Tamar Brannigan, community manager with Kids Help Phone.“One of the things we like to remind folks about is that they’re not alone.
Even when they’re feeling isolated they do have people they can reach out to 24/7 and that they’re not the only ones going through it.”Anxiety and isolation have slowly become two of the.