Offline learning. How to prepare your child and yourself for school?

This year's September and the beginning of the school year are filled with anxiety, fear, and confusion. Parents' opinions are radically divided - some actively support offline learning. Others can't imagine how this will happen in wartime.

How to prepare your child and yourself for the start of school?

• Whatever decision you make - on-site or distance learning - it will be the right one for you and your family. Every war has an end. The current situation will not last forever.
• Remember, a calm mother is a calm child. If you have a lot of fears and anxieties, you should not voice them all
  to the child. This can have a negative impact on the psychological state.
• You need to be prepared for the fact that children's cognitive abilities may deteriorate somewhat, because now we are all surrounded by an excessive number of stressors. Your involvement and attention should be greater, especially at the beginning of school. The main thing is not to criticize.
• If the child has not attended school for a long time, take a walk together along the route that he or she will walk every day.
• Talk with your child about the algorithm of actions during the siren. Have your child take a favorite small toy or anti-stress toy to school. It will remind them of home and calm them down.
• Before starting school, a child may be anxious and worried. Give them more tactility, more hugs and support.
• Organize a small home party on the occasion of the September Day of Knowledge. Now children desperately need positive emotions.
• Do not forget about the regimen. Even if your child is going to study online, it's time to adjust their sleep and rest schedule.

Just be there for each other - it's much easier to cope with any difficulties together.