The new semester is coming soon, and some children may show some discomfort when facing the new semester life. Why does this situation occur? How should parents help their children cope and adjust? Wang Gang, Dean of Beijing Anding Hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University, will provide you with recruitment advice.
Faced with the new semester of life, some children are not mentally prepared and even seem to have changed before the start of school. This non organic manifestation of children's obvious inability to adapt to the new semester's learning and life before and after the end of the holiday and at the beginning of the school year is commonly known as "school start syndrome".
What are the reasons behind the 'back to school syndrome'?
The essence of 'back to school syndrome' is actually the transition from holidays to semesters. The most intuitive feeling of children and adolescents in this process is the rapid change in their daily routine, with fixed study and sleep times, greatly reducing their sense of control over free time, which will bring dual adaptation difficulties to children and adolescents from physiological to psychological aspects.
Secondly, starting school means more academic tasks and pressure, and children and adolescents suddenly enter different modes from a comfortable holiday mentality, inevitably leading to negative emotions such as tension and unhappiness.
In addition, unwillingness to separate from parents, concerns about interpersonal relationships within the school, and difficulties in adapting due to further education or transfer are also common reasons for "back to school syndrome".
What are the specific manifestations of 'back to school syndrome'?
Based on the changes in the psychological process mentioned above, maladjustment to school may lead to emotional problems such as depression and anxiety, physical symptoms such as insomnia, dizziness, and nausea, cognitive decline such as memory loss and easily distracted attention, and in severe cases, social dysfunction such as aversion to learning and social withdrawal, and may even develop into various mental disorders in children and adolescents.
What warning and distress signals should be paid attention to?
In fact, when children and adolescents experience "back to school syndrome", they often send warning signals to their parents. Parents should pay attention to the following hidden behaviors and avoid ignoring their children's distress signals:
