Children Strike School? Here Are 5 Trickes To Overcome Them

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JAKARTA - The protracted school strike can make you frustrated and run out of ideas to persuade school children. Finally, you issue various threats and the child gets harder to refuse to go to school.

braking and scaring children is clearly not right to deal with school strikes, because school strikes are usually related to anxiety. The threat of parents can even increase children's anxiety. Don't worry, it's not just felt by you. Apparently, 1 in 5 children must have refused to go to school, at least once throughout their school days. This is one way to deal with it.

Launching Parenting, Monday, October 17, instead of responding to your child's attitude with emotion, it's better to try to face it calmly. You can be silent for a moment, take a breath and exhale, then slowly try to forget about anger and panic. Pay attention to the solution to the problem of children breaking down to school. With a calm mind, you will definitely get a way out without having to get emotional with your little one.

Teachers or principals of your child may be able to provide information about what is going on in classrooms or schools that may be related to children's school strike behavior.

Talk neutrally and dig up as much information as possible that can help you find a child's school strike pattern. For example, does he always vomit before going to school because he has to appear in front of class?

Adapting to The Conversation, when you and your child are calm, ask him to explain the main reason he suddenly broke down to school. By discussing this together, you and your child can solve problems or develop plans to manage the cause of the break-in to school.

When the child explains the reason, instead of being emotional, try to keep the child's reasons until they are finished. Offer warmth and calm when he is facing frustration. Encourage children to dare to face their own fears. With this action can increase children's confidence and autonomy. On the other hand, being indifferent to the child's opinion can trigger anxiety in the long term.

Maybe you need to meet a pediatrician to get rid of the possible symptoms shown by the child that are not associated with certain diseases. You can also meet a psychologist to help you draw up the right tactics and solutions to help your child overcome his anxiety and return to school happily.