Keeping your stress level at bay during the holidays is one of the best ways to help your children enjoy a stress-free holiday season. We’ll give you some tips to manage family gathering jitters.

Why relationships trigger holiday stress

• Expectations for family gatherings – either positive or negative
• Memories from previous holidays
• Issues with in-laws
• Differences in traditions or spiritual practices

• Accept that things, events and people change
• Replace negative thinking with positive thinking
• Holidays are not a time to work out family issues
• Limit time visiting relatives
• Focus on yourself and not what others are doing
• Maintain healthy habits (sleep, exercise, etc.)