Tomorrow my daughters return to school and there are mixed feelings at home. On the one hand, they want to meet with friends and teachers, but on the other, like so many others to whom I have asked, there are many children who don't want to go back to school.
"Are we already in September? Who has stolen August?" the oldest asked a few days ago. True, summer seems to have fallen shorter this year. Curling up again in routines is always difficult.
If it is for the elderly, imagine for the little ones who feel completely free of responsibilities and schedules. In the last three months they have only had to worry about playing, and they have done well, that for that they are children. At home we don't usually do activity books or exercises, only the readings they want to do.
I see many apathetic children going back to school. Do they feel they lose the freedom of recent months? Does the school bore you so much? We will have to consider it. I find it quite frustrating that they don't enjoy what they do every day, most of their time. Just as adults do with work, if we are not passionate about what we do, we are not entirely happy.
In a few days they may be delighted to have returned to school, but that my daughters don't want to go back to school It makes my alert turn on if we are on track or not.
They don't want to know anything about getting up early (I understand them, because that comes in the genes), or getting dressed, or learning, or sitting down to work. They are not even excited to release school supplies (the little we have bought this year), something that children often do so illusion.
I hope that when they enter the rhythm they will feel more motivated. What I have clear is that among my purposes back to school are not overwhelming them with extracurricular activities, or pressuring or overwhelming them. Let them go at their own pace and do not worry about the results but have fun and learn with enthusiasm.
As parents, and as we must do in all our children's processes, we have to accompany them, understand them, and try to ensure that back to school they find it as traumatic as possible. And of course, observe them in order to understand them. This state of apathy should dissipate in two to three weeks. If we see that after a while our children remain apathetic and disillusioned with going to school, we must consider how to act.
After this, I want to take the opportunity to rescue our question of the week and ask if your children want to return to school and in the case of having already started, how was the first day of class for your children? (We ask that you respond by clicking on the link).
