parenting skills during corona pandemic crisis

Date : 25-03-2020

*Conclusive Pointers and suggestions on  parenting tips during quarantine period* 

-  _Mindzone_

1) Development of various qualities/talents of children by spending quality time with the child. 

2) Encouraging children to enroll for online courses/programs.

3) Encouraging the child/children to ponder upon their future plans, especially if the child is appearing for board exams in the coming year.

4) Creating a doable schedule for the child and having maximum participation in it along with the child. 

Note - the schedule must be created along with the child, and should be Practically applicable for the child and the family members. 

5) Parents and children, collaboratively planning activities and carrying it out.

6) Parents are advised to set realistic expectations from the child/children with the given quarentine situation. Expecting the child to study/ reduce screentime/ help at house hold chores will fail and create friction unless done rightly. 

 

Right way - involve the child in every household activities in a jovial fun and a polite manner. 

7) Use this time to bridge the gap between your family, work on games, boardgames, simple challenges to keep the family together and build the bond stronger with fun. 

8) With the given scenario, mother's/women are at a very stressful situations having to serve every member of the family, in such situations, it is normal for them to react negatively and show irritability. It is hence adviced to work together, involving the child in activities like cooking and baking, watching, sewing,  movies together etc which serves as a stress buster for both the parent and the child. 

9)  It is very well known that it takes a minimum of  21 days to form a habit, use these days of quarentine to start something new, maybe as simple as inculcating reading habit and perform it with your child in a dedicative manner for a minimum period of time per day. 

Note - it works best if the child gets to choose the kind of habit he/she wants to inculcate along with the family members. 

10) Replace screen time with fun physical activities that would help keep the family physically fit. 

Example - jumping ropes, yoga, dancing, simple stretches or even practicing simple meditation. 

_#mental_health_

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_#together_we_can_heal_the_world_

_#mindzone_

Prepared by 

Abirami

Post graduate student of Psychology

Pondicherry University

Dimple melwani

Post graduate student of Psychology

CMR UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE