Last Updated on March 15, 2024
High school can be a stressful time in the life of young adults. They’re battling the changeover from childhood into adolescence and establishing their place in the world. On top of this, they need to find their place in a social hierarchy and discover their own passions and interests.
They’re also learning important coping mechanisms and how to overcome difficulties self-sufficiently without their parents. It is a complicated time for a young person, even when there isn’t a worldwide pandemic disrupting routines and school schedules. How can you help your child stay on track with academics and still get the best educational opportunities?
- Provide Study Support
Study support is essential for keeping the academic aspects of school in perspective. There are many ways to support a child’s study efforts, but a good start would be to locate high school tutors online. With many schools requiring students to work from home during 2020, it can be challenging to maintain good grades, even for those who excelled in previous years. Study support can go a long way towards ensuring your kids maintain the marks they need to do well in their future endeavors.
- Address Anxiety And Stress WIth Mental Health Support
Yes, good grades are important. Yes, the work covered in high school will open doorways for future possibilities. However, it has also been a very challenging year. Children who battle with anxiety around their studies are less able to “bounce back” and return to their academics when faced with a crisis. It is important to address worries and anxieties with kindness, reassuring your child that anything can be recovered. Low grades, difficulty concentrating, struggling to understand the curriculum – these are all things that can be fixed. However, it will be much easier to fix them when there isn’t a sense of panic or fear looming. You might need to enlist online counseling, but hearing words of support from parents first is always important for the learner (even if they don’t express it).
- Tap Into Online Opportunities
With the world being slightly topsy turvy in the wake of COVID-19, most institutions have turned to online forms of study. You can find wonderful extracurricular opportunities like free bridging courses and other digital studies online. If you’re working towards an impressive college application, do a Google search of your child’s passion to uncover any opportunities they may participate in. This could include online clubs, groups, jobs, extra courses, or voluntary work.
- Create Peer Support Groups
Battling to find any online opportunities that truly align with your child’s passion? Start one. Encourage your child to create a group and invite members of the community to join. It could be something related to one of their passions or simply a group that enables learners to share their struggles and find support. Either way, it’s important to stay connected with the world and find a meeting place that joins people in their points of interest and passion. This is one of the most important elements of academic success – making it fun and social. Focusing on education isn’t always easy when there’s political tension and constant health threats to navigate. As parents, we have to empower our children to become responsible adults capable of managing their own lives, and the time this starts is during their teen years. Providing children with the tools they need to seize the best educational opportunities will empower them for life.