Eric Bakker ND. Eric is an associate of Global Health Clinics who provides specialised advice to our Global Health Clinics practitioners.

Children today are affected more by stress than just about any time in history. They sleep less, their parents argue and separate more, they are exposed to graphical and violent images on a regular basis and they consume more caffeine than ever.

You may think as a parent that you’re doing a good job of shielding your kids from your anxiety and stress when in fact new research shows that your children are probably picking up on it anyway - and it’s affecting them big time, physically and emotionally, more than you could ever imagine. How will their future be, when it is shaped around such a stressful early life?