Is your child struggling with the stress of board exams? Follow these useful tips today

Excessive worry can spoil your child's result, while it can prove to be harmful for his entire life.

Bhoomi Goyal
Published on: 16 Jan 2025 2:40 PM IST
Is your child struggling with the stress of board exams? Follow these useful tips today
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Whether it is 10th or 12th, board or any competitive exam, children get stressed. Students are stressed about exams, parents are also not untouched by it. Some parents make their children panic too much about the exam. Whereas this is the time to stay cool and work wisely. Excessive worry can spoil your child's result, while it can prove to be harmful for his entire life. How to behave with children during exam days, how to keep an eye on them, how to relieve their stress, let's try to know this on the basis of conversation with experts.

Parents should adopt these measures to relieve exam stress

  • Do not let children study for long hours during studies. Give breaks in studies in between
  • Teach children time management
  • Assure them that they have the ability to solve all the questions
  • Explain that everyone makes mistakes sometimes
  • If a mistake is made once, then one should learn from it and do better next time
  • Encourage children instead of scolding them
  • Ask them to devote some time to sports, music etc. in between studies, if not, then advise them to go for a walk.
  • Do not put too much pressure on children
  • Listen to and understand the problems of children
  • Give them as much time as possible
  • Keep an eye on behavioral changes

According to psychologists, it is important for children to know the symptoms of stress before exam stress. Therefore, find out if these symptoms are developing in your child as well. If you see a change in the behavior of a normal child, pay attention immediately. Children start getting irritable due to exam stress. Many times they get angry over small things. Due to stress, their sleeping time gets disturbed. The child stays awake till late at night and wakes up early in the morning. In such a situation, parents should talk to him and understand his problem. If your child has suddenly become quiet and has started being depressed.

When children give any exam, fear comes in their mind. In such a situation, it is the responsibility of the parents to eliminate this fear from the minds of children. For this, maintain a positive atmosphere at home regarding the exam. Do not make them feel that their future will be determined only on the basis of board exams. Explain to the children that mistakes are an important part of the learning process. Encourage them but do not create unnecessary pressure. Tell them about take effective study techniques and time management skills.

This will increase their confidence. Keep the atmosphere of the house calm and supportive during the exam. Meanwhile, it is also important to take care of health, so take full care of his diet, often children stop eating and drinking due to stress. Ask them to get full sleep every day, try to keep the children drinking adequate amount of water.

Bhoomi Goyal

Bhoomi Goyal

English Content Writer in Newstrack from Jaipur, Rajasthan. (Education, Business, Technology, Political, Sports, Lifestyle, Crime and Webstories)

My self Bhoomi Goyal from Jaipur, Rajasthan. I have passed my Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication this year. I worked in Rajasthan Patrika for six months as an intern. I am working here from June 1st. I passed my graduation in BCA from Rajasthan University and master's in journalism and mass communication from Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur.

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