According to Children's Hospital 2, if not well prepared, children, especially preschoolers, may be tired, lose appetite, cry, or easily get minor illnesses in the early days of the school year.
The most common obstacle is circadian rhythm disorders. During Tet, children often fall asleep late, wake up late, and even skip afternoon naps due to going out and watching TV more often. When returning to a fixed study schedule, the body does not have time to adapt, making children sleepy during the day, difficult to concentrate, and easily irritable.
The hospital recommends that parents should adjust their bedtime gradually earlier, turn off electronic devices at least 60 minutes before bedtime and create a quiet resting space to help children restore their circadian rhythm.
Besides, it is difficult to adapt psychologically. After a long time at home with family, many children show signs of clinging to their parents, crying when going to class. This is a normal psychological reaction. Parents should talk positively about school and class, recall fun activities with friends and teachers; and at the same time maintain a decisive but gentle attitude when taking children to class, avoiding prolonging the breakup time.
In addition, anorexia and reduced energy also easily appear due to the Tet diet with a lot of cakes, candies, and soft drinks. Families need to adjust the menu to be more balanced, increase green vegetables, quality protein and maintain fixed meal times, avoid forcing children to eat too much.
Especially, when children return to class at the same time, the risk of respiratory and digestive disease infection increases. Parents should remind children to wash their hands regularly, cover their mouths when coughing and closely monitor signs of fever, cough, and diarrhea.
According to doctors, most of the difficulties after Tet are only temporary. Proactive preparation from the family will help children quickly regain their rhythm of life, ready for the next stage of study with a positive spirit and stable health.
