Surely many of us have not taken back to work with much enthusiasm. If children are more restless or irritable during these days, it may be because they have started going to school, leaving vacations behind. Experts point out that going back to school can cause feelings of apathy and irritability in children.
Like adults, the little ones accuse having to return to the daily routine after the holidays, being able to produce these symptoms in approximately 30% of children. The changes are greater if the child starts school or nursery for the first time, or if he goes to a new educational cycle or a different school.
Not wanting to get up to go to school, refusing to do homework or not wanting to enter the classroom are some of the possible behaviors during these days.
Although this is a temporary malaise, there are some tips when it comes to mitigating these effects. For example, since the little ones usually imitate the mood of adults, it is convenient to avoid, on the part of the parents, the negative comments about the end of the holidays or the return to work.
In order to improve the start of the course, and although it costs us many, it is also good to show enthusiasm for the beginning of the new stage and establish a routine.
If the days prior to the end of the holidays we have made a gradual incorporation into the routine, as in the schedules for meals, sleeping and getting up, the negative effects of going back to school will be less. Also the return to breakfast and lunch that they usually take when they go to school is positive.
Tips for the first days of school
When the school has already started, if the child has homework (although this is already for the elders) they can be left for a while after having relaxed, played, snack ... And the same if you have extracurricular activities, if you practice any physical or sports activity ... should not saturate the child with an overloaded schedule.
It is not necessary to dramatize the moment to say goodbye to the children when leaving them in the school, but to transmit them a sense of tranquility and to avoid moments of anguish. Our punctuality when collecting them also generates security.
Our interest in your school time is also important. Although many children find it difficult to express themselves and tell what they have done at school, we do not hesitate to ask them, encourage them to share it with us.
In addition, we can turn into a participatory game the preparation of school supplies that will be carried the next day or backpack, as well as lunch planning.
In short, although we suffer everything to a greater or lesser extent, it is the children who most accuse the changes in the return to school, being able to show irritable and apathetic, a normal and transitory situation but to which we can remedy in part, with our understanding and accompaniment.
