Now that your child has gone back to school after the end of the summer holidays, the homework begins again. As a parent, it can be beneficial to both you and your child to help with the work that they take home from school. Not only will you be showing an interest in what your child is learning, but you will also be able to understand your child’s strengths and help them to overcome any difficulties that they may have. (more…)
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All parents want their children to do well in school and to achieve good scores in all their subjects. It is so important for a parent to encourage their child and to help them without putting them under too much pressure. Children are typically under enough pressure as it is, and do not need constant reminding. (more…)
These days, children have to absorb huge amount of information at school. Depending on the school and teaching methods of the teachers, your child may have to complete varying amounts of homework.
Educationalists recommend a maximum of half an hour of homework per day for children aged nine to eleven, and a maximum of one and half hours and minimum of half an hour for children up to thirteen. If your child seems to get excessive amount of homework regularly take the issue up with school and teachers.
There are several things you can do to encourage your child to complete the homework without straining your relationship with her or him.
Always allow the child some relaxation time after returning from school. Create a non-distracting, clean, and well lit, place of study so that child can fully concentrate on homework once started. TV in particular must not be allowed to distract the child.
Keep yourself interested in the homework but not excessively so. You should bring yourself up to date on the subjects studied, so that you can be helpful if needed. You should not complete the homework for the child while trying to help.
Never make your child feel as if they cannot complete the homework successfully through their own inability. Always take a positive attitude instead of a negative one.
Plan rewards for the child when the homework is completed, such as more time for doing something child enjoys.
By taking these simple steps both your child and you will find the homework a rewarding activity instead of a chore.
While backpacks are an essential, parents must remember that regular use of heavily loaded backpacks can cause several long lasting problems.
These unwelcome side effects are confirmed by several studies including one by American Academy of Orthopedic Studies or AAOS. According to the studies, heavy backpacks stress and strain, spine and shoulder muscles. These strains in turn, in addition to fatigue, lead children to droop and to assume unattractive postures.
So how heavy is too heavy? That depends on the child’s weight and his or her fitness. According to AAOS guidelines, backpacks should not weigh more than 15 to 20 percent of the child’s weight. To illustrate, 100 pound child should not carry a backpack weighing 20 pounds. However this is just a guideline, if a child is very fit, he or she may carry a little more, and if not, must carry less.
Observe your child’s actual reactions when carrying the backpack to decide. If the child seems to droop, has difficulty in mounting the backpack to shoulders, complains of pain afterwards, and has marks on the skin, then you must immediately act to change the backpack and its weight.
You can also take some steps when selecting backpacks and later, to preempt problems that may arise. Select wide padded backpacks with padded straps to reduce strain. Buy backpacks with hip straps in addition to shoulder straps. Similarly try backpacks that can run on wheels when floor conditions allow. Encourage your child to correctly use and mount backpack and straps, in order to distribute weight evenly. When packing, tell your child to so place heavy items, in a way that they end up next to the spine. Encourage child to lift the backpack by bending and straightening legs at knees, instead of using hands alone. Finally encourage your child to make full use of school lockers and discourage carrying useless books.
There are several things you can do in that regard.
All in all you can do a lot to reduce your child’s anxiety to great extent, and to make that first day an enjoyable and memorable experience.
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