Why some children are fear to go school? Is it rue. How to prevent it. Is this serious.
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Children grow from dependence to independence pretty early in life nowadays. In the olden days children were not allowed into school before 5 years of age. Now it is not the case. After having a lovely dependent relationship with mom, children are somewhat prepared to go to school but it is not the case in every child's home life. If the child has not been prepared early to meet other people and feel comfortable about it, they will have a problem going to school. Also to meet so many other children and adults in a school atmosphere is quite intimidating, even if you are prepared for the same. Even if they are afraid, they must overcome that fear by making them attend school. It is not a serious flaw when a child feels fear about joining school unless it is a never ending problem. Then there is a social development problem and some measures may be used to gently wean the child away from that fear by allowing the mother to stay around in school for a few days to give the child the confidence. The best thing to do is to prepare the child when she is at home by socializing with other families, friends, relatives etc. both by inviting them over and visiting them often: the child will get exposure to other people and slowly get familiar with mixing with others. Also the school atmosphere can be made more conducive to be child-friendly and offer a lot of playthings around to distract the child and make them more comfortable: today's schools are focusing on this aspect a lot. Small classes are better than large ones. This is a very important growth for children in their attempt to become independent. There is also the great affect of the 'fear of change', which we as adults suffer from also. So you can imagine a child making its first steps in that direction, and how difficult it can be. Just be an enabler if your child is going through a phase like this and make it easier. In time it will sort itself out.
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