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| Signs of Stress in Children Due to Studying at Home |
Stress is not only experienced by adults, in fact, but many children are also already experiencing stress. That's why mothers need to understand this, especially recognizing signs when children are experiencing stress. Especially with the current conditions, your child is required to study at home with an online school system, he also cannot play and meet his peers. So it is not impossible for children to be bored and stressed.
It is important for mothers to recognize these signs early so that they can monitor and create conditions that are more conducive and balanced for the needs of the baby psychologically. Here are some signs that your child is getting stressed that you need to know.
1. Physical Signs
When a child studies at school, he will meet friends his age so that interaction patterns are formed. At school, a conducive learning process is created, supported by the room, atmosphere, or learning medium. Meanwhile, studying at home will be very different. Each child's home conditions will be different from one another, therefore the chances of the child being bored and stressed are higher.
Some of the physical signs that occur when the baby is stressed and most visible are when it becomes difficult to sleep, decreased appetite, and frequent stomachaches. Your little one can also have difficulty communicating or stutter while speaking, have nightmares, headaches, even wet the bed even though he hasn't wet the bed in a long time before.
2. Emotional signs
Children who are under stress show not only physical symptoms or signs but also emotional ones. That is why it is important for mothers to continue to interact and maintain communication with your little one, no matter how busy the work is at home. This could be an effective preventive measure to do.
Emotional signs in children who are stressed will be very visible. Children will tend to get bored quickly, seem to have no passion or motivation to do school work or even to play lazy. Your little one tends to get angry quickly, easily feels scared, anxious, cries a lot, acts harshly, and even overreacts. When your little one starts showing these signs, they may be in a state of distress.
3. Cognitive signs
Other signs that can also be seen are on the cognitive aspect. Your little one will start to suddenly break focus or lose concentration while studying at home, look like being alone for a long time, and are reluctant to finish his homework. This could be a sign that your little one is stressed.
Trivial events such as disconnected connections while studying online can indirectly make your little one feel ashamed of his friends and start feeling depressed. So as long as the child is still required to study at home, try to accompany or at least communicate with your little one every day. Participate actively in monitoring the progress of his learning while at home, including any difficulties that may be encountered. To find the most suitable solution for your little one.
If you find your baby is showing some of the signs above, try to face your little one wisely. Scolding a child who acts in this way excessively can actually make it difficult for the baby, especially if the little one becomes afraid and doesn't want to talk at all, or is reluctant to convey the problem.
As long as the child is studying at home, it may be that the mother will also experience a lot of difficulties because they have to act as parents and teachers at home simultaneously. Even so, you should still be careful because this time is not only difficult for parents but also difficult for children. Creating a pleasant and open atmosphere at home is the responsibility of parents so that children can more freely express themselves and avoid stress-causing stressors.
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