The Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority stressed the importance of parents’ awareness of signs that may indicate problems in mental health in children, noting the need to know whether behavioral changes are normal for the child’s age, or requires anxiety and requesting support. The commission explained that natural behaviors may include a feeling of distress when separating from loved ones, and avoiding some foods that often gradually reduce them with frequent presentation, changes in sleep patterns due to environmental changes, anger attacks associated with early childhood, fear of darkness until the age of seven, tension or anxiety when making new tasks or testing major changes in life, shame or need for a longer time
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