How to help children overcome the "school start syndrome" in the countdown to school
2022-02-16
The winter vacation is coming to an end. From the end of the holiday to the beginning of school, many children will show emotional instability, tension, anxiety, inattention, laziness, avoiding learning and delaying the completion of homework. Some people vividly summarize this phenomenon as "school opening syndrome". Li Xue, deputy chief physician of the Department of child psychiatry of the Sixth Hospital of Peking University, told the reporter of China Youth Daily zhongqing.com that "school opening syndrome" is not a disease diagnosed by medicine. However, many children are indeed prone to show these problems after school starts. Clinical findings show that for a period of time after school, there will be an obvious peak of medical treatment in children's psychiatric and psychological clinics. Many children are brought by their parents for medical treatment because they are not suitable for returning to school. A "buffer period" of 1-2 weeks can be planned before school starts Li Xue believes that the reason why children don't adapt to returning to school at the beginning of school is that after a holiday break, they suddenly feel increased pressure after the beginning of school. Pressure comes from work and rest time, study and interpersonal relationship: from the free and loose state during the holidays to the regular work and rest after school, we should do the specified things at the specified time; From the state of no study or irregular study during the holidays to going to school and completing homework every day; From staying at home with limited contact with peers to getting along with dozens of children in the class, these sudden changes may lead to children's maladjustment. In contrast, there are many parents of "chicken babies" who arrange their children's schedule very "full" even during the holidays. They supervise their children's study every day and arrange various intensive training for their children. Their children don't get a good rest during the holidays, so they may lack physical strength and energy after the beginning of school; In addition, when children learn from being supervised by their parents at home and suddenly become conscious in school, they will also have the problem of maladjustment. So, what should parents do to help their children overcome the "discomfort at the beginning of school"? Li Xue believes that parents can plan a "buffer period" of 1-2 weeks before the start of school to help children slowly adapt to life after the start of school and reduce the impact of school pressure on children's psychology. First, parents can start by helping their children adjust their work and rest time. Li Xue said that some children, especially those still in primary school, have weak self-management ability and poor self-discipline, which requires parents to help them adjust their work and rest time in advance. From about a week before school, let the children slowly adjust their work and rest time to the state of school, get up on time, eat on time and go to bed on time. Secondly, before school starts, parents can help their children review and preview in advance, so as to restore their learning habits. Li Xue stressed that the purpose of letting children learn in advance is not to let children learn much knowledge, but to mobilize children's cognitive ability and help children complete the thinking transformation from holiday to learning, so as to let children better return to their learning state and adapt to the school environment after school starts. Before school starts, parents can also encourage their children to take the initiative to restore contact and chat with their close classmates by telephone, wechat and other means. Parents of better children can even make an appointment to take their children out to play, so that their children can have an interaction before school. In addition, after returning to school at the beginning of school, children may also experience some changes in the class, such as seat adjustment, class cadre re-election, etc. parents should try their best to communicate the foreseeable things with their children in advance and "give them preventive shots". For more sensitive children, parents should pay special attention, communicate with teachers and other parents in advance, learn more about the changes that children will face in the new semester, and tell children in advance to make children psychologically prepared, so that the risk of tension and anxiety will be greatly reduced. Use the "adaptation period" before school to cultivate children's self-management ability Li Xue especially pointed out that the "adaptation period" before the beginning of school is also a good time to exercise children's self-management and self planning ability. Parents can use the period of 1-2 weeks before the end of the holiday to assign children some tasks to be completed, let children make their own schedule and assign tasks to each day and each time period. Parents can discuss and adjust the content and schedule of tasks with their children, and help their children make their own schedule. This process can not only help children better adapt to the beginning of school, but also help children exercise their self-management and self planning ability. It should be noted that the tasks assigned by parents to their children should be in line with their children's actual ability and the children have the ability to complete them. Li Xue said that many times, parents feel that the tasks assigned to their children are very simple, but the children can't complete them. This is often because parents don't know enough about their children's abilities. Parents can't turn into "hands off shopkeeper" after assigning tasks and wait for their children to "hand in their homework". Instead, they should communicate with their children in time and adjust the contents of the schedule with their children according to their children's ability. Li Xue introduced a small skill that can mobilize children's enthusiasm - parents not only assign tasks to their children, but also make a plan for themselves to let their children see that they are also completing tasks according to the schedule. For example, read a few pages a day, exercise several times a week, etc. Parents can find a fixed time every week, such as Sunday night, to discuss the plan for the next week with their children, and then supervise and encourage each other with their children to complete their tasks, and those who complete them will be rewarded. Li Xue explained that the process of parents accompanying their children to complete tasks is also a process of teaching by example. Parents should do what their children are required to do first. Only by setting a good example and setting an example for children can we achieve better educational results. Parents don't need too long to accompany their children. Efficient companionship only takes about half an hour a week and about 5-10 minutes a day, which can get twice the result with half the effort. What is efficient and quality company? Li Xue said that it is to sincerely communicate with the child, respect each other, treat the child as an independent individual, and exchange each other's experience and experience with the child on an equal basis. [News Agency]
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