You probably know that if you load the child with clubs, activities and tutors, the psyche will be overloaded, because of which he will throw tantrums and suffer neuroses. But what if there are simple ways that help make your child smarter.
Today, based on different opinions and studies, we will talk about them.
Motivation, proper nutrition and getting rid of information garbage. These three factors make it possible to overcome obstacles to achievement. Willpower also works, but it is a finite resource that it is desirable to save.
Conflicts in the family (especially with the use of physical violence) reduce the IQ of children. Sometimes the index drops by 15 or 20 points. If parents are constantly fighting - the child will find it harder to concentrate on lessons or memorizing rules. He will worry, fear, and try to work things out.
Therefore, a sense of safety in the home is important to raise and maintain intelligence. A bit of research on this topic:
We know a lot about the effects of sugar on the body. On the plus side, it's delicious. On the downside: tooth decay, excess weight gain, lower mood, lower productivity, acne, and more. But sugar hits children harder than adults.
Sweets make them more passive, stupid and aggressive. Here are some studies on the subject:
For starters, try giving up sweets yourself for two weeks. When you realize how hard it is, you will realize how dangerous the problem is. By buying sodas and chocolates, you get him hooked on a strong addiction, which can lead to a lot of problems.
So here are the recommended measures to take:
Most techies never needed history once in their lives. Many humanities never understood why they were told about tangents and cotangents at school. The most common complaint is, “I don't understand why I need it.” It can also be difficult for a child to realize why they need English, chess or something similar.
Surely you would study harder to pass your exams sooner and forget about useless subjects. But you will memorize useful materials because you have to go to the institute.
Therefore, the best task to interest you is to show what it will lead to. And here there are several ways:
This, by the way, also applies to adults. Want to increase motivation? Stop sitting on your phone every spare minute. Many games and sleeping in before lunch are safer than smartphones. Remember that social media is designed to take up as much of your time as possible.
And they turn into an addiction. Here, for example, is the news that almost half of Russians consider themselves addicted to social media. Remember that grandparents are more addicted to phones than boys and girls.
A little advice that will help kids be smarter and better: you want to change the world - put your room in order. If a person is not capable of even this, it will be harder with education and new knowledge. After all, if it is comfortable to live in dirt, why change anything at all?
In addition to cleaning, we advise:
Because there's already a lot of time devoted to it. And also because the human brain is not just about the frontal lobes, but about deeper and simpler concepts. Imagine that a child's gut will not respond in any way to the fact that there is work to be done. How long would he survive on one discipline, forcing himself to work every day?
Now imagine that a child really wants to develop, but is extremely undisciplined. And he wants to work as much as a teenage boy wants to go on a date with a teenage girl. With what dedication will the child develop in such a case?
This is why it is important to develop the motivation of the child, not taking vitamins for the mind, gamification, good teachers, etc. An ordinary child, obsessed with the desire to learn, will progress much faster than a genius, dreaming of playing games and watching music videos around the clock.