Ask a Therapist: How Can I Help My Kids Recover From the Pandemic?

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Verywell / Catherine Song

In the “Ask a Therapist” series, I’ll be answering your questions about all things mental health and psychology. Whether you are struggling with a mental health condition, coping with anxiety about a life situation, or simply looking for a therapist's insight,submit a question。每周五,留意我对你的问题的答案健康的心灵通讯

Our Reader Asks

"After losing an entire year of learning and activities due to the pandemic, I want to help my kids make up for lost time this summer. What are the most important things I can do to help them get caught up to where they should be?"

-alyson,41

Amy’s Answer

“虽然你可能很容易帮助你的孩子弥补失去的时间,但是在他们的夏天塞进太多可能并不有帮助。让他们只是在做正常的夏令时活动,就像骑自行车,游泳,去营地一样。有机会做“普通的孩子”,可能是你能为他们做的最善良的事情。“

Keep Your Thoughts and Feelings In-Check

Spend a few minutes thinking about your own emotions after this year you’ve gone through this year. You’re probably feeling a lot of different emotions.

特别关注你对孩子的对孩子和你作为父母的角色的看法。你难过他们,他们错过了这么多吗?你担心他们落后于学术界吗?你生气,他们看不到他们的祖父母吗?

Labeling your emotions可以帮助你理解它们。它可以帮助您考虑今年夏天为您的孩子想要的内容。只是不要将你的感情投入到你的孩子身上。

Although you feel like your kids lost a lot of time this year, they might not necessarily feel that way. Don’t tell them how awful it is that they had to miss out on school or other activities. You don’t want them to start feeling that way just because you told them that’s how they should feel.

在拐杖上,不要尽量减少过去一年的压力。如果你有一个真正沮丧的孩子,他们无法扮演足球,或者他们错过了去回家的舞蹈,即使你认为他们有点“戏剧性”,也要验证他们的感受。

Ask Them How They’re Feeling

坐下你的孩子,并在大流行期间反思他们的经历。提出问题,“今年最难的部分是什么?”

Talk about the positive things too. Ask them what they enjoyed about this year and let them know it’s OK to say they liked certain things even though the pandemic was hard on a lot of people.

讨论他们对限制举起的感觉。他们最兴奋的是什么?他们担心什么吗?有大流行的部分,他们会错过吗?

让他们公开地谈论他们的感情而不插入自己的感情。明确说明无论他们觉得什么都没问题它同时体验很多不同的情绪是正常的。

Create Your Family’s Plan

为今年夏天留下足够的空间来自发活动。但是,请计划一些反映您家庭价值观的活动。

Talk to the kids about what they want to do. Whether you decide to see extended family or you agree to host a kid-friendly party, schedule some activities that will help things feel normal this summer.

抗拒的冲动来填补他们的时间表与运动s, clubs, and organized activities that will keep them too busy. After all, we want them to have time to just be kids after the year they’ve gone through.

而这是一部分意味着在他们离开学校的时间里探索,玩耍和玩耍。

找到可教的时刻

在夏天,你肯定有大量的可爱时刻。无论您是分享您最终能够参加家庭聚会的感恩,还是谈论一些家庭如何在聚会上有不同的舒适性水平,大流行后的生活将充满学习机会。

虽然你可能会认为今年导致孩子们“错过”了很多,但你可能也提醒自己,他们也获得了很多。他们可能学会了一些有价值的教训,了解世界如何运作以及人们如何共同努力解决问题。

在您的一些指导和支持下,他们可能会以比以前更高的知识和技能向前迈进。因此,而不是担心“弥补失去的时间”,重点关注你的孩子如何从他们经历更强大和更好地处理任何挑战的挑战的逆境中的逆境。

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