这是一个令人兴奋的新时代,让你的孩子体验到更高层次的责任, 参加更多样化的课外活动, and explore their interests. 为了让孩子走向成功,父母也应该意识到一些挑战.
Stay Involved In Your Child’s Academic Journey
让你的孩子在中学阶段逐渐变得更加独立是健康的. Still, 一些家长认为他们的孩子现在已经上中学了, they should be totally hands-off.
进入中学的孩子们正在适应一个全新的时间表, a greater workload, new social expectations, and greater levels of responsibility. 对11、12岁的孩子来说,如何安排时间是个挑战, tasks, 没有父母的引导,他们的情绪也会很好.
你可以做一件简单的事情来帮助你的孩子在学习上保持领先,那就是每天复习他们的课程表. 的确,现在是拉手变得越来越没有必要的时候了, but middle school students, especially sixth graders, still need support from their parents.
进入中学的孩子们正在适应一个全新的时间表, a greater workload, new social expectations, and greater levels of responsibility.
Give Your Child Space to Navigate Challenges
That said, 在场和提供支持是有区别的, and being, well, “割草机”——父母尽一切努力消除孩子面前的任何障碍.
As a parent of two young children myself, 我理解为了孩子们的成功不惜一切代价的诱惑. “Making mistakes and experiencing ‘failure,’ disappointment, 或不适是必不可少的生活经历,为孩子们提供了学习如何做得更好和练习新技能的机会,” says an article in Psychology Today.
So how involved should you be? Ultimately, only you can decide what is best for your family, but we encourage you to hold your child accountable, while being patient, giving them grace to grow and find their footing.
Help Your Child Build Confidence
我想大多数成年人回顾他们的青春期经历时都认为中学是人生中尴尬的阶段. 这个年龄段的学生开始痛苦地意识到他们如何衡量什么是“酷”,什么不是, 社交媒体上增加的信息并不总是有帮助. But it doesn’t have to be like this!
父母可以通过教导孩子包容,帮助他们在学校成为一个积极的存在, kind, and confident in the person God designed them to be.
Monitor Your Child’s Social Media Presence
青少年使用社交媒体似乎经常会陷入攀比的陷阱. 如果你的孩子有自己的智能手机或经常使用电脑, I highly recommend that you monitor their activity.
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