Ms. C has two children — her daughter is in her final year of high school, and her son has just started elementary school.

Lately, her daughter has been getting more and more anxious, and at school, her son has been having a harder and harder time sitting still.

01

Senior year: the harder she tries, the more tense she gets

Ms. C says her daughter has always been driven and hardworking. But lately, she often says she just can't seem to remember vocabulary or formulas no matter how much she reviews them, and that it's hard to concentrate.

She even knows the reason herself: "I'm just putting too much pressure on myself."

The physical reaction is even more obvious. Whenever the academic pressure gets high, her daughter tends to develop stomach problems, even diarrhea.

This isn't actually the first time. Something similar happened before her middle-school entrance exams. At the time, the doctor said this was a fairly typical

stress response

— under enough pressure, the body reacts first. Back then, she tried

Chienomoto

for a while, and her stomach issues cleared up quickly. After the exams, the symptoms gradually disappeared, and once she'd been fine for a good while, she gradually stopped taking it.

But now in her senior year, as academic pressure has risen again, the same thing has started happening again.

Mom says her daughter is genuinely exhausted too. On weekends when she comes home, Mom wants to take her out for a walk. But she often says: "I don't want to go out, I'm too tired."

02

First grade: the teacher keeps calling home

Her son recently switched to a new school. The teacher's feedback:

he can't sit still in class and can't focus

— he needs to be reminded many times in a single lesson, he writes slowly, and he can't keep up with the pace of the class.

At his previous school, it was even worse. The teacher had reported that he would run around the classroom, even roll around on the floor.

Later, the family switched him to a different school. The new school is much stricter, with high standards for classroom discipline, all-English instruction, and noticeably more homework — all of which put much more pressure on him.

03

The family's routine keeps getting more strained

Mom says the hardest part, honestly, is the family's daily rhythm. Because the school doesn't allow workbooks to be brought in, a lot of her son's homework can only be done at home. The result: more homework than before, staying up late to finish it, unable to get up in the morning, and low energy during the day. The child is exhausted, and so are the parents.

04

The changes that followed

Starting last summer, Mom gradually began giving her two children

Chienomoto No. 3 and No. 2, respectively

.

Here's a review Ms. C wrote on the store platform:

"Just one box in, and the effect is already clear — his mood has improved a lot. We'd seen doctor after doctor before with no effect at all."

After continuing for a while longer, Ms. C added another review:

The teacher complains about her son much less often now

He's not as resistant to doing homework anymore

He sleeps better at night

He gets sick less often too

He's also growing taller quickly

As for her daughter, her anxiety has gradually eased too.

05

A recent review

A while back, Mom wrote another note on Xiaohongshu: "(My son) gets fewer complaints from his teacher now, he's shooting up in height, sleeping better, his temper isn't as bad, and this exhausted mom is finally a little less anxious."

06

A final word

After we put this article together, we sent it to Ms. C to confirm. Her reply was: "Honestly, this isn't a paid endorsement. Everything I wrote is my own real experience. And what you wrote doesn't exaggerate anything either."

A lot of parents actually have reservations about sharing experiences like these.

But it's precisely these real stories that can often bring a little peace of mind to other parents who are still in the middle of their own anxiety.