Our education system today has become mark oriented, as a result every child is made to work hours and hours to score high marks. The parents in order to make their children get best in everything they put extra pressure on them. This often brings hell lot of stress on children and this leads to problems among the children. They are affected physically and psychologically. This affects the children in three ways. In the body level, thought level and behaviour level. The stress form every sides leads the children resulting problems like sleeping disorders, headache, chest pain, diarrhea, muscle aches, back aches, restlessness, irritability, anger, mood swings, depression and forgetfulness. We come across behavioral problems such as over eating, under- eating, unnecessary anger, conflicts in relationship, blaming others for no reasons.
In schools they do face lots stress, as a result they turn to smoking, taking drugs, and indulged various other activities end up as juvenile delinquents. In order de-stress parents can play an important role in the child’s life.
The following methods may help the child to de-stress his stress.
- Never burden : Do not burden your children with lots of problems
Just let them free from stress. Make them relaxed
With things in life.
- Congratulate : Today’s children look for lot’s of appreciation, so
Whenever they do things well congratulate them.
- Be a Role Model : In every walk of life children look for role
Models, so parents be a role model for them.
- Give them confidence: by spending time with them everyday
Build a good relationship with them.
- Do not over burden: Keep them in cool mood after school, never
Over burden them with too many activities
That makes the child go in stress.
- Be humors : Never show your anger for unnecessary things, learn
to be humors with children and make them at easy
with things in life.
- Be sensitive : Be sensitive to the child’s comments that might be
Clues to anxiety and never talk to them which you
You feel more sensitive.
- Visualize : Any problem sit together and discuss with the child
And visualize how to solve the problems in life.
- Give them time to play: The child will always love to play evening
Hour, so give them little time to play
Never burden them with books to much.
- Sleep : Make sure the child gets enough time to sleep and
Leisure time to relax.
How to identify a stressful child?
- Child become grief stricken never will take interest in doing things
- Over eating and at times under eating.
- May not sleep well.
- Disinterested in every activity even in the hobbies to which he was found of short – temper- increased generalized frustration and ager.
- Addiction to drugs.
- Never socializing
Some solutions for getting out of stress:
- Have minimum of eight hours of sleep
- Engage them during free time with interesting activities
- Avoid tea, coffee, cola which may aggravate anxiety and stress.
- Take warm bath; go for morning and evening walks- get in touch with friends.
- Exercise regularly for at least 20 to 30 minutes a day.
- Do some yoga,medidation and prayer every day.
- Take well balanced diet every day.
- Make the child free and confident in sharing his problems to family members so that the child feels free and mind relaxed.
- Be regular in eating in time and doing exercise
- Never worry over past things, that will never give you change. Be in the present that would make you big.
The global truth is that nobody can live without any stress. Self- control is the best control. Adopting and consciously practicing the methods given above will improve the capacity for stress free life. Encourage the child to learn to live stress free life. If the child is able to manage the stress, be sure the child can manage any difficult situation that he/she come across in life.
