Stress During Exams Season

As a parent of a school going child, there will be Stress During Exams Season. Either your child will be stress or you the parent will be stressed.  This article is focused on the stress on the student and how the parents and the school can handle it.

The period of examinations is generally extremely stressful for everyone in the family. The child may want to avoid his or her exams.  They also may want to avoid studying and revising for approaching exams. They procrastinate by daydreaming, watching TV, or wasting time on social media. As a parent you are worried about their education, as your belief is that if they excel in school and perform well in their education, they will have a larger number of opportunities in life and a choice of best colleges to attend. Your concerns are valid and legitimate.

Your concerns about your child’s future are valid about how they perform in their board exams, or other class exams. Yet you need to step back and appreciate how worrisome and intimidating it is for the child. Not only is preparing, and sitting for the exams a difficult task, the post examination period is even more worrisome. The number of children who start to suffer from post examination syndrome is astounding.

You as a parent have to be strong, and help your school going child through this trying time. You need to listen to them, and understand their fears and provide sufficient encouragement and distraction for them. Given below are my tips on making the examination time less stressful.

Pre-examination tips:

A relaxed and comfortable place to studyIf you don’t have a quite spot in your house, see if they can study as a neighbor or friends house

As a parent, understand that some children learn better with background “sound”. If they are listening to music or TV in the background for “white noise” it may be the best thing for them

Be flexible with the families schedule, to accommodate the your student

Connect with the teachers at school, to see if they have any tips to help your child perform better in the upcoming exams

This is a time to have a flexible timetable for your child, on when to bathe, eat, exercise etc. Remember exercise is very important

Let your child know that it is never too late to start to prepare for the exams or too seek help from teachers, tutors and friends

Don’t bribe your child to study, teach them to study and perform well for their own satisfaction and success

Planning a dinner, a movie or any other small distraction such as visit to a friend’s or relative’s house is a good diversion

As a parent, you need to keep calm and remain positive, your child will pick up your vibes and if you are stressed, this will add to their stress

There is always another chance in life, many times children get so stress that they take irreversible steps, you don’t want your child to take any steps that they or you may regret.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

Dr. Kohli believes that “You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need.”

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India with over 20 years of experience and has been providing families, individuals, parents and children counseling on being happy.