Why do children get bored in school and what to do
A Life / / December 19, 2019
Prudey Victoria (Victoria Prooday)
Medical ergotherapist. Keeps a blog about modern education and the impact of technology on children's nervous system.
1. They are influenced by technology
Many parents are using technology as a free babysitter. Only pay still have to: the nervous system and child care.
Compared with our conventional virtual reality seem boring. The brain gets used to a lot of visual stimuli. After the bright graphics and special effects are very difficult to process information in a boring lesson. As a result, children are not adapted to learning.
In addition, the technology divide us emotionally. And for the child's development is very important emotionally available parents.
What to do
Restore the emotional bond with the children:
- Surprise them with something pleasant. Laugh or tickle. Leave in a backpack or under the pillow note with warm words. Dance or play together, Fight pillows.
- Enter a family tradition: joint dinner, the evening with board games, bike rides, evening walk with a flashlight.
2. They are used to get the desired immediately
How often you can hear such talk: "I'm hungry" - "Who zaydom the store," "I want to drink!" - "So much juice," "I'm bored!" - "Take my phone."
The ability to postpone compensation - one of the most important for success. It helps not to give up under stress. Parents often forget about it, because you want to make a child happy right now. But this is only harm in the future. Children will not be prepared for difficulties.
What to do
Teach your child to wait:
- Explain that to be bored - that's fine. This is the first step towards creative thinking.
- Gradually increase the wait time between desire and satisfaction.
- Do not give your child a phone or tablet car, Queues and cafes. Accustom to spend this time for conversation or play.
- Limit snacking.
3. They feel the main
"My son does not like vegetables", "She does not like to go to bed early", "They do not like to dress up their own" - such phrases often hear from parents. It turns out that children show how to raise them. But this approach harms. Children are ready to eat some pasta and sweets all day watching television, playing games and never go to sleep. If you indulge all their desires, nothing good will come.
They learn what you can do whatever you want, and do what you do not want. They do not understand the word "need." But for the achieve the objectives will have to make an effort. Want to be an excellent student, you must study hard. Do you want to be a successful player, you need every day to train.
What to do
Set boundaries:
- Highlight a specific time for the use of electronic devices, sleeping, eating.
- Think about what is good for the child, not just about what he wants.
- Turn classes that kids do not like the game.
4. They are accustomed to constant entertainment
Parents try every minute of life of the child to do something fun and interesting. Otherwise, it seems that they do not perform their duties.
But life is not only entertainment. Repetitive actions are trained to work even when we are bored. This is a skill necessary for learning in school.
What to do
Encourage your child to perform monotonous work from an early age:
- Teach clean up after a toy, hang clothes in place, remove the product from the bag, setting the table, fill the bed.
- Turn these tasks in the game, so they called the child a positive association.
5. They have not developed the social skills
Previously, children played in the street. In communicating with one another have evolved social skills. Now they all spend more time at the computer and the phone. The parents, too, are increasingly choosing electronic devices instead of playing games or talking with the children. Here are just a smartphone does not teach your child to communicate.
What to do
Develop social skills:
- Teach your children to share, play and win, to make concessions, to make compliments, saying "thank you" and "please".
The brain is like a muscle that can be developed and trained. To ride a bike, you need to learn this. That the child was able to wait, you need to teach him patience. And any other skills.