Back to School Tips for Parents Part 3 - Make your child feel comfortabl...





Communication is crucial when it comes to all of the challenges your
child will face each day at school. It is important for your child to
feel comfortable speaking with your about bullies, fears, and anxieties.
You can turn any challenge around if you set it up right.


Here are some important tips for helping your child feel comfortable about communication:

-Never
ignore your child’s anxieties or stresses. This is a crucial mistake
that many parents make, and most of the time it is on accident.
Sometimes parents get tangled up with all of their own responsibilities
that they brush aside situations brought up by their child that don’t
seem important. What you need to remember is: EVERYTHING your child says
to you is important to them.

-Ask them about their day to keep
an open dialog. Sometimes children hold back sharing their fears and
anxieties simply because they don’t want to bother you. By asking them
how their day was and if there was anything they wanted to talk about,
you are showing them you care.

-Try to put their anxieties and
stresses into a perspective that they understand. For example, everyone
is bullied at one point in their life. If your child’s stress is about
bullying, share your bullying experience and let them know that you
understand how they feel and then provide a simple solution that they
can handle.

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