There are many parents who have thrown their hands in their hands after the arrival of their first trimester grades at home. Many boys and girls have been able to check how bad studying or bad habits take their toll in an unsuccessful academic result. Even parents, on the other hand, have been able to realize that on some occasions, poor emotional attention can also take a toll on academic results ... and that is that if a child is not well emotionally, it will be difficult for them to focus on their studies.
When the grades are negative there may be feelings of disappointment, since there is also an internal chaos that does not understand how this result has been reached, or it is understood but it is not known what should be done to improve the situation that has led to it. . The important thing to do, even if it seems difficult, is to face what is happening and look for the best relevant solutions, parents must see what happens and what fails and children must do their part to find motivation.
Disappointments must be the best impulse
A disappointment such as poor grades should not be a way to demotivate children, far from it. From home, they should have the negative consequences agreed upon in case of not having performed the tasks properly, but at the same time this should be a catalyst to propel the child in a new direction, with determination.. Parents will have to find a way to find solutions together with your children and find out what is happening to your child so that they have not been able to get good grades.
Possible reasons for poor academic results
Demotivation or apathy
Some of the reasons that can cause children to get bad grades can be demotivation in the face of passive teaching where they have nothing to do with learning ... when they really should be the protagonists! If, unfortunately, the school where your child attends has a traditional way of teaching, one option is to look for a new school suited to your values and interests And another option is to motivate him from home so that he can learn the knowledge that is required of him at school.
Learning disorders
Another reason why a child can get bad grades ands because you have a problem that should be cared for and treated by medical and educational professionals. For example, a child may have vision or hearing problems, may have some type of learning disorder or deficit or perhaps a neurological problem that should be assessed and diagnosed by the relevant professionals.
Emotional problems
But perhaps also, the child may have poor grades because they are not emotionally well due to various reasons such as perhaps a move, a change of school, the divorce of their parents, problems at school, bad relationships with classmates, etc. . In this case, it is the parents' duty to watch over their children and attend to them emotionally so that they can have optimal emotional well-being. In this sense, it is crucial that parents can have good communication with their children, trust and give them the tools they need to address their emotional problems.
Support your children in difficult times
When there are good grades and everything is going well it seems that everything is headed for success, but when things are not going as well as expected or are really going bad ... parents should support their children in these difficult times. Children may be facing a number of problems and will need guidance, support and all the love from their parents. to be able to have the courage to face it. Emotional struggles and self-disappointment are difficult to handle without good emotional support from reference figures, in this case from parents.
Find the right options
It is necessary that the appropriate options are sought depending on the specific needs of your child and that you never make him feel incapable of learning, no matter how much it costs him. You must understand that perseverance and mistakes will be your best teachers and that thanks to his perseverance he will be able to achieve everything he wants in life, but that he must want it.
You should help your disappointed child to see the bad results in perspective, he should see it not as a defeat or as something that he has done wrong, but as the opportunity to do things better and to improve himself for the second trimester, something that without a doubt. will fill you with personal satisfaction. Give him options so that he realizes that he can achieve it, that he is not alone and that with his tenacity and your help he can achieve it. You can seek professional help You need, for example, psycho-pedagogical help if you need guidance in learning, psychological help if you need emotional guidance or to overcome some type of internal conflict or perhaps medical help if your problems are more oriented to the field of health.
Never label him negatively
It is very important that you never label him negatively because something has gone wrong. If you say things like: "How are you going to pass if you're stupid?", Or perhaps: "Normal for you to fail, if you don't know how to do anything", "Look, you're a bad student", "It's not worth your effort, if you're not going to get anything ", and so on. These kinds of horrible phrases they will be destroying your child's self-esteem and will veto his chances of improving in the future. All children need words of encouragement, motivation and to know that others believe in them and in their possibilities, because this way, they can begin to realize their potential and motivate themselves to achieve better results.
As you can see, negative academic results can be for many reasons and it is necessary to find out what happens and find the appropriate solutions for each case. Children (all of them) may be able to achieve everything they set out to do, they only need to love it and have people who believe in them by their side.