Parent orientation on Educating the Young Adolescence on 29 July 2017

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A session on “Educating the Young Adolescence” was conducted by the Resource and SEN Coordinators for the parents of Grade 6 and 7 on 29 July 2017. The session started with a discussion on the importance of technology as the children today are the natives to the digital world. However, the discussion also continued on how to help children explore the positive things in cyberspace with good digital hygiene. It was felt that they have to treat cyberspace just the way they encourage children in real life and to keep in mind the same safety rules for self-protection.


Reasons for distraction for children were also discussed – like loud noise from TV, playing outside or on iPads, using mobile phones while doing their homework – were explained to the parents. Solutions to help children stay away from distractions were also discussed with the parents wherein they had a lot of inputs for each other.


We also discussed how emotions of children go unnoticed like they feel they don’t spend quality time with parents and siblings, or being scolded by their parents, or only having to study all the time. Parents were informed that children are in need to share a lot of things with the family and they want the family’s support. Some children feel that their parents are busy with work or on mobile phones and the children are unable to share their fears on things like being bullied or being disturbed, or feeling low in confidence.


The parents were informed about life skills training which is being conducted in the school and is highly appreciated. They suggested a few topics that could be included in life skills training to benefit the young minds. Overall, it was a productive session with a lot of involvement and interchange of ideas to mould children in the formative years.

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