FEARLESS PARENTING: High anxiety! Why do we stress so much?

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Stephanie Thompsonfor Brooklyn PaperThe word stress is lodged somewhere in our psyche.Even as I write it, I think to myself: “Don’t say it. Don’t think it. Try not to stress.” I try to breathe, and relax, to let my thoughts focus on the present moment, not the past or the future.A friend who’s been an English teacher at one of the top private schools in the city for 35 years recently shook his head in wonder at a dinner party.