Every summer vacation, many parents breathe a sigh of relief because their children get rest after a stressful school year. However, many families in just a few weeks have fallen into the scene of their children sleeping day and night, glued to their phones, eating irregularly and being more irritable than usual.
It is worth mentioning that many parents think "summer vacation is comfortable", but it is the excessive laxity that makes children easily lose their lifestyle, reduce exercise and affect their health.
Below are common mistakes that parents are very likely to make when taking care of their children during summer vacation.
1. Let your child use the phone all day
Summer vacation is when many children are "let loose" to watch videos and play games. Some children use electronic devices continuously for many hours, causing eyesache, late sleep and irritability.
Parents should limit the time they use the device and encourage their children to participate in outdoor activities.
2. Letting children stay up late for prolonged sleep
Many families think summer vacations do not need time. But staying up too late and sleeping until noon easily disrupts children's biological clock, makes the body tired and difficult to return to the learning rhythm when entering the new school year.
3. Forcing children to take full extra classes
Conversely, some parents turn summer vacation into a "third semester". Children have to study extra from morning to night, causing stress, loss of interest in learning and easily exhaustion.
Summer vacation still needs to study, but needs to have time to play and rest in the true sense.
4. Forgetting physical exercise
Being at home too much makes children lazy to exercise, gain weight quickly and reduce resistance. Just letting children cycle, play football, swim or take a walk every day also helps children become noticeably healthier.
5. Irregular feeding of children
Summer vacation is when children easily snack continuously, drink a lot of soft drinks and skip main meals. This makes children easily gain weight, get hot and tired.
Parents should maintain a stable meal schedule and prioritize fruits, green vegetables, and refreshing dishes.
6. Less talk to children than usual
Many parents are busy working, so they let their children play all day with their phones or TVs. But summer vacation is a very good time to connect with their children through meals, short trips or simply chatting together.
Summer vacation is not only for rest but also a time for children to develop skills
If cared for properly, summer vacation will help children be healthier, happier and learn more life skills. The important thing is not to fill up the school schedule or let children be completely free, but to create a balanced summer for children.
Sometimes, what children remember most after the holiday is not any extra classes, but the time spent with their parents.
