Each year, thousands of students preparing for their board exams go through varying degrees of stress and anxiety. Loss of appetite, low confidence, nervousness, anxiety and even depression are no strangers to youngsters who are conditioned to look at these exams as the be-all and end-all of academic achievements in school.

Every year the media is filled with reports of suicides and suicidal attempts by kids as young as 14 to 17 who fear the board examinations, or their poor performance in it. It's no wonder then that the stress that these children go through has become a major concern for parents, school authorities and the society in general. The stress that these young kids go through is primarily due to the following two reasons.

While there is a lot of long term solutions to decrease stress levels in kids, here are a few tips for the short term to help students have a less stressful build up to the board examinations.