The semester break that students look forward to starts today. While some students will go through this process comfortably, others will have a stressful day because of their low grades. Experts warn parents about their children’s report cards.
According to the news of Habertürk; Specialist Psychologist Dilara Yamanlar Büyükkoç, who made suggestions to the families of children with low grades on her report card, said that it would be beneficial to have a constructive speech about which areas should be developed and what should be focused more in the future. Making suggestions to parents to spend the semester break to the fullest, Büyükkoç noted that it is more important to spend productive time with the family rather than spending a lot of time with the children.
‘CARNE’ WARNING TO MOTHERS AND FATHERS!
Specialist Psychologist Dilara Yamanlar Büyükkoç, who warned parents about the report card, said, “First of all, you can appreciate your child’s effort and evaluate the semester together. He has survived a semester, for better or worse, and which areas can be improved in the upcoming period, what would be beneficial to focus a little more on in the new term. A speech will enable him to both start the new year more enthusiastically and make more effort in the new period.
Büyükkoç says that instead of restricting children, activities can be planned together by assigning some tasks about the areas where they are missing, and a supportive approach should be displayed. According to experts, who do not find the reward and punishment method correct, this approach negatively affects the development of children and the relationship between them and their families.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO Spend EFFICIENT TIME WITH CHILDREN, BUT THAN TO YOU
Specialist Psychologist Dilara Yamanlar Büyükkoç stated that after the online classes in the Covid process, the children finally got to their school and friend environment. Planning the activities will make everyone feel good,” he said.
He states that his primary recommendation is to focus on spending productive time with the family rather than spending a lot of time with the children.
HERE ARE SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE CHILDREN’S CONFIDENCE
He underlines the issue of giving children tasks at a level they can do, not only during the semester break but always. You should give positive feedback to most of you after tasks that support the child’s self-confidence by making realistic planning.
USE OF TABLET, PHONE AND TELEVISION MUST BE LIMITED
Büyükkoç continued his words as follows: “It would be the healthiest to limit the use of tablets, phones and televisions in order to spend the holiday productively. While doing this, it should be approached not as a ban, but as ‘that’s the time allotted for today’. After such limitations, putting activities will make the restrictions a little easier. For example, an approach that says ‘We have come to the end of the tablet time and it’s about time to make a cake with mom, let’s prepare the ingredients now, little chef’ will increase both the ease of leaving the technological tools and the desire to spend time with mom and dad.”
SHOULD CHILDREN STUDY ON HOLIDAY?
Büyükkoç also made some suggestions to make it easier for the children who will get used to the comfort during the holidays to adapt to school. said.
“THE FIRST FEW DAYS CAN BE ANNOUNCED DAY OF REST”
Büyükkoç said, “The first few days can be declared as rest days. Thus, the children will feel that they are on vacation. You can start the start date of your vacation program as the second day of the vacation,” and listed his suggestions as follows:
- Express your feelings. Returns such as ‘It made me feel very good to spend time with you at home’, ‘I am very happy to spend time together now’ will enable the child to enjoy the moment more and strengthen the emotional bonds between them.
- Make time for sports or physical activities so that the sleep pattern continues in the same way, the child who does not get tired does not sleep, and the child who sleeps late has difficulty waking up.
- A very comfortable holiday period may cause adaptation problems and reluctance to start the period in the new period. It will be the healthiest for the new period to stick to the sleep and meal patterns and not neglect the development activities and small repetitions.