Lecture: "School and the Rest of Life. How to Find a Balance"

The start of the year is a difficult period for children and their parents. After relaxed New Year holidays, it’s necessary to get used to long winter days again, early mornings, strict routines, and completing homework. School is already, by itself, a strong stress for a child, which continues at home if they are blamed for any mistakes, notes psychologist Lyudmila Petranovskaya. Parents are also subject to chronic stress, and they don’t always have enough strength and patience. Can something be changed? Are there ways to reduce school stress? How can we stop constant disputes about lessons and grades with the child and/or teachers, and return the school its importance as an important but not the only part of a child’s life? In Lyudmila Petranovskaya’s lecture, we’ll look at common mistakes made in school matters and suggest ways to improve priorities and interaction with children to make it easier to get through the winter period.