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Advice to make the back-to-school transition
Heather Kay offers useful tips to ease the transition to back to school
By Heather Kay
Founder of https://readyaimimpact.com/
The beginning of the school year is starting and that means a lot of hair pulling, crying and stress – and that’s just for the parents! How can we set both parents and kids up for success and start the school year off right?
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Follow your child’s lead and allow them the opportunity and space to be successful.
For example:
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- If your child is interested in obtaining information (Learner) you may want to embrace their enthusiasm when they ask a lot of questions. They may want to know about their teachers, schedules, lunch, pick-up times, peers in their class and, while it can get overwhelming for you, stifling their communication may have negative consequences. Make sure you fuel their excitement by providing time when the two of you can discuss what's on their mind.
- If your child is someone who likes to ensure that others aren’t left out (Includer), allow them the opportunity to meet with their peers both before and after school starts. It may be difficult for you as you want to get everything ready but providing them with this time will be a comfort to them. They want to make new friends and continue other friendships and that’s a wonderful thing!
- If your child likes to get things completed (Achiever), together you can create a shopping list of all of the things that your child needs and what needs to get done. Let your child lead the charge. Even if they are young, they will want to take some responsibility.
- If your child feels confident about their decisions,(Self-Assurance) let them make them. Even if it is allowing them to dress themselves in ways that you wouldn’t agree – we’ve all seen the kid who wears the snow boots in June. 😊
Being a parent is hard work, but recognizing how your child can be successful at the beginning of the year will lead to positive results during the year.
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