Child Too Quiet After Coming Back From School? Here’s How You Can Help

You always want your child to be shining bright with the everlasting smile. Well, who doesn’t? A cheerful child keeps up the mood of everyone around. But, what if, a kid turns into a melancholic monk?

This has become a frequent scene in most of the houses where a child goes to school with a brightened face and an energetic outlook but comes back quiet and exhausted. If your child exhibits the same nature, then we have some analysis and recommendations by Etutorworld on how you can successfully avoid this and keep him/her joyful the entire day.

Probable reasons and prospective solutions for such nature

After intensified research and several interactions with both parents and children, we can point out the major causes that lead to such absurd behaviour by children. Let us reflect on what are those reasons:

• Lack of subject knowledge: This is one of the most common reasons we found in our surveys that said your child is afraid of being inferior. The problem here is related to basic human nature. You can’t expect your child to be a star at everything. Every child is unique with few strengths and few setbacks, and when the weak areas are given the spotlight they go through tonnes of feelings,

What it feels like?

He/she may feel laid back from the rest. A sense of inferiority might prevail from those students who are good at those subjects. This is bound to make the child talk less as he/she may feel that they might be fooled if they speak on the subject they are less informed about. On the other hand, it may so happen that a mistake in a weak subject lead the teacher to reprimand the child and this can mute a child to a great extent.

The way out!

To counter this, we shall suggest you opt for tutoring. It is the best possible way to guide your child out of the phobia of being weak in a subject. Most of the times, it’s not exactly a weakness, it’s a lack of guidance. A tutor comes to rescue in this crisis. When I was in 9th, I was very weak in Mathematics. That’s the time, my mom got me a 9th grade math tutor and I will forever be grateful for her. 

These tutors have specialized knowledge of various subjects and interesting ways to teach your child in ways different from regular school classes. They also know the exact way on how to treat a weak child and boost their confidence in the future. A tutor can also guide your child on how to prepare other subjects as well. In a nutshell, a tutor can be your best way out.  

• Tiresome schedule: Schools usually have long hours and strict schedules which often hampers and drains the energy out of a child. Subjects after subjects and associated drills can leave your child with almost no will to even speak. This is the second most common phenomenon among school children.

How to abandon it?

It is obvious that we cannot cut down on school timings or modulate it as per our requirements. What you can do is get along with your child and make them feel lively again. You can cook lunches they look forward to amidst the long tiring day. This will readily boost them up and make them further interested in your activities.

Following lunch, you can play some games together so that it rejuvenates him/her. However, it can also be replaced by letting him/her sleep for 2 hours which will help him/her restore energy. 

• Not-so-good friends: Friends make all our school lives interesting and memorable. But it is possible only if those friends are well nurtured. Sometimes, some children turn into bullies and start harassing the innocent ones. This has a very harmful and adverse effect on those innocent children and can be a major reason why your child is so quiet these days.

How to prevent this?

Here, you need to sit and talk with your child and let him/her know that you will be there, no matter what. Keep the doors open so that your child can run to you in times of stress. Often when you come out as a strict parent, your child refrains from sharing anything from you and you certainly don’t want that.  

While we reach the end of the article – here’s one final advice, embrace your child’s flaws and appreciate the strengths. Talk to them about EVERYTHING just like a best friend would and see how that smile never fades, not even for a second!

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