Parents' stress can take a toll on their kids.

A recent study reported in The Los Angeles Times indicates that children may be more aware of--and more reactive to--mom and dad's stress levels than previously suspected. Even very young children, which the study defined as those under the age of eight, reported increased feelings of sadness, worry and frustration due to their parents' stress levels. What's more, as children get older, their reactions to mom and dad's elevated stress levels may increase. "Even though children know when their parents are stressed and admit that it directly affects them, parents are grossly underestimating the impact that their stress is having on their children," psychologist Katherine C. Nordal says in the association's report on the survey. Check out the findings at the Stress in America" survey A graphic on how parents' stress affects children from the "Stress in America" survey. Psychological Assn.)

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