School season, many children will come from their families to campus. What should parents do when facing the problems of children "crying but not going to school" and "frequently looking for teachers to look for hugs during class"?
Crying and not going to school is mostly caused by "separation anxiety", so what is separation anxiety?
separation anxiety is the fear, worry or uneasy behavior and emotions arising from a child’s separation from his main caregiver.
If a child first enters kindergarten from his family, he will not only face separation from his attachment object, but also face the new environment alone, and will experience obvious anxiety and escape behaviors. Most children can enter the park independently after a period of adaptation. Some children may cry and escape from entering the park because they are unable to separate from their father or mother.
What should we do when faced with "separation anxiety" in young children?
1. Improve children's ability to take care of themselves
Children will encounter many new problems in new environments, the most common one is the lack of life skills. Before entering the kindergarten, parents should pay attention to cultivating their children's ability to take care of themselves, such as eating, dressing, and using the toilet. Children should be encouraged to learn to seek help from teachers when they encounter difficulties and be able to express themselves independently. Improving children's self-care skills in life will help the formation of excellent personality qualities such as self-confidence and independence, effectively reduce the occurrence of separation anxiety, and prepare for adapting to the collective life of kindergartens.
2. Improve children's social skills
After children enter the kindergarten, they will meet many new friends. Effective social skills will allow children to get along with other children better and make them better adapt to the environment. In daily life, parents can actively participate in their children's games, help parents and children establish good interactive relationships, teach children to better deal with problems, and increase children's sense of security.
3. Shape a good sense of order for young children
5Ba and school should cooperate and education should be consistent. In kindergarten, teachers will emphasize classroom rules and independent awareness such as sitting and not running around. In the family, parents should also practice it themselves and play the role of role models to let their children understand the importance of rules. Let children become orderly and orderly social people.
4. Use cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce separation anxiety in young children
For young children who are still very severe in separation anxiety after entering the kindergarten for a period of time, they can use systematic desensitization to reduce separation anxiety. For example, as the game of "hide and seek", as the game progresses, parents can hide for a longer time, the distance of hiding can also become farther and the place of hiding can also change, gradually allowing the children to adapt to separation. Parents should promptly reward children's independent behavior to reduce their dependence on parents.
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Text: Three Departments of Children's Development Behavior Tan Dongchao Wang Yazhe
Edited by: Qin Yi Wang Shuo
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