(NEXSTAR) – We've all got busy lives, but that busyness can turn into a serious syndrome for young children, health experts warn.

"Hurried child syndrome," as it's called, happens when a busy schedule – with school, extracurriculars, and family obligations – turns into a source of stress and anxiety for children.

"Day to day, our children are involved in so many activities that we are hurried all throughout the day to get from one thing to the next," explains Cleveland Clinic Children's psychologist Kate Eshelman.

The syndrome doesn't come from you rushing your kid to get dressed, clarifies economist Emily Oster, who studies parenting and childhood........

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