Good behavior in children during the summer, how to avoid chaos
The course ends, good grades arrive and the youngest of the house are given a few months of rest more than deserved. However the arrival of summer period, in many cases, it also supposes a lack of control in the behavior of the smallest. The lack of schedules, and routines such as homework for example, cause their attitudes to get out of hand, giving rise to authentic heads if no remedy is applied.
Boredom and the constant search for attention, make children behave badly sometimes. To ensure a good climate at home and prevent these attitudes, from the FAROS Foundation, of the San Joan de Déu Hospital, in Barcelona, these tips are given to parents in summer.
The influence of the environment
The professionals at this center highlight how a child's environment can influence their behavior. Many times, bad attitudes respond to a lack of stimulation in the surrounding environment, or a bad influence on it. Especially, the summer It supposes a lot of free time and a lack of structuring in it can lead to bad behaviors.
Most children are assets by nature, and if you have nothing to do your adventurous spirit will give you an idea. Plans that respond to this lack of structuring over time. An example is to start playing a game that can break something in the room. The lack of an adequate schedule can also influence otherwise how is the sleeping time of the smallest.
In summer, bedtime is not as clear as the rest of the year. If during the course the time to go to bed was established, the parents they are more lax in this regard in the summer period. This causes a lack of control that can lead to lack of sufficient rest, which generates in the children a bad mood that will translate into bad behavior.
The whims of summer
Another aspect very seen in summer, is the appearance of caprices. The attitude of the parents at this time is more benevolent and when on vacation the child is granted more wishes than they would normally receive. The problem comes when you have to say 'no', then when the son does not get what he was looking for he responds with a tantrum hoping that in this way he will be offered.
You have to remember that the fact of being holidays does not mean anything, and that the child does not have to receive everything he wants. The concessions must be proportionate and prevent the child from feeling that during the summer, he can ask for everything he wants. An example is the ice cream and the small one that whenever it happens in front of a position, asks for one of these products.
To consider
To avoid the chaos in behavior in summer, parents must attend to various aspects in their children in order that the summer does not remove from them the worst of their behaviors:
- The environment and its stimuli. Sometimes, during a trip especially, the child is exposed to too many stimuli such as noise, languages he does not understand, an area he does not know, etc. This can overexcite them and generate bad behavior, be sure to calm the child if you start to give these symptoms as for example telling an interesting story of this destination.
- The schedules. Children are not able to self-manage their time and lack of time imposed by the school, must be replaced by parents. Making sure that you do some intellectual activity will not only help you review before you start school, it will also keep you busy and away from bad behavior.
- The importance of the dream. We must ensure that the child always goes to bed at the same time. Even if there is no school the next day, the time to sleep should be the same almost always and in this way make the body of the child enter into a state conducive to rest when approaching this moment.
- You will not always get what you want. Summer is a time of barbecues, visits to the pool or family meals. The holidays allow the family to give more to these forms of leisure in which the child often gets whims like ice cream, cakes or sweets. But we must remind you that this concession was punctual and that not always you want to receive these items.
Damián Montero
