Back to school: frustration tolerance

It’s a very frequently discussed topic and no simple answer can be given.

The amount of consumption of stimuli in today’s world is incredibly. Filtering all the input isn’t easy, especially for children, who haven’t yet developed their executive functions. As parents, we feel the urge to organise lots of after school activities, engage, and entertain our children, hardly letting time pass without “productive” content. This constant “ON” switch requires less frustration tolerance and there with less training of such skills.

 

How do we deal with frustration tolerance?

• Less is more!
• Let time in your child’s daily life without any plans.
• Let your child guide the way!
• Be curious and follow along your child’s flow.
• Boredom is healthy!
• Dare to set boundaries, no isn’t a bad thing!
• Encourage independent play!

 

@drschwank

@unesurcent

@optimalperformancezurich