I am an anxious mother of a teenage son! I am perturbed not\nfor some bad habits that my adolescent boy has picked up. I am concerned\nbecause he hardly has any social interaction because of the pandemic. Long-term\nclosure of schools and colleges has wrecked the socio-emotional domain of\nchildren of all age groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My boy attended the school in Class IX, online, with\nabsolutely no charm of school life. He scored exceptionally well in his Class X\nbut had no excitement of being a topper or having cleared the first milestone\nof the entire student journey. Now he is in a new school and again started with\nvirtual schooling. Eventually, he will be in XII. I fear the worst is not over\nyet. Another session of a juggle between online, offline and hybrid mode will\nremain for some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students, who prepare for NEET\/JEE exchange information, do\ngroup study and exchange their emotional needs. After all, we all know this is\nthe age of your first crush too! You start to understand your feelings for the\nopposite gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My boy is not very outspoken though not an introvert. He has\na few close friends with whom he hung around throughout his school days and now\non the internet or WhatsApp. During his school days, he used to talk to a few\ngirls in his class. Now, he hardly recalls any names of his classmates. I\nregret his loss of youthful fun and frolic. The chances of meeting new friends\nor bonding with another set of friends seem bleak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I recall my days of schooling as a teenager. It was the most\nenjoyable time of the entire school journey. The charm of being complimented,\ngetting dolled up, participating in school functions and competitions were\nfascinating. Our physical appearance boosts our confidence. We want to be\nattractive in our social interactions. Convincing our parents for new jeans or\nheels was almost winning the battle. And now I see my son wearing pyjamas and a\nt-shirt and not even bothered to get a new pair of jeans or shoes as he feels,\n\u201cWhere to go? Whom to show? You should order me a pizza or a headphone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The progression of our life from preschool to formal school,\nfrom high school to college and from college to career has a unique charm. It\nis disheartening that my son will jump from class IX to college 1st yr, bloated\nwith theoretical knowledge, no practical lessons of life learnt. I am\napprehensive that there will be adjustment issues, settling issues and even\nmore. He might not understand the concept of college hangout. How alarming!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many parents have shared their concerns about this\nsituation. A parent has shared his experience whose son has never been to\ncollege since admission and missing out on the golden days of his college life.\nFor his son, college is all about just getting his degree. He engaged himself\nwith an online portal for internships and is getting paid for the same. This\nearly exposure to financial freedom has given him the liberty to buy online\nproducts at his wish and order online food leading to an unhealthy lifestyle at\nthis early age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many parents are\ndealing with behavioural issues of their wards, while others with addiction to\nsocial media and virtual gaming, a few with physical and psychological\nproblems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The socio-emotional domain is a crucial parameter of human\ndevelopment. A child surrounded by people develops more confidence in facing\nthe world than a child growing up in seclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Human interaction\ndevelops all your emotions, be it aggression or love. Your mind gets trained\nknowing and unknowingly how to cope with these emotions. These are all lifelong\nlearning that helps us sustain the challenges of life. What about the most\ntalked-about 21st century skills? There is no bookish knowledge that you can\nacquire by reading. A student needs to emulate these skills from everyday\ninteraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am sure if my son was going to school like before would\nhave developed a few essentials of adolescent life. Gender sensitivity, sexual\nawareness or career chat with peer groups and a host of diverse issues could\nhave helped him taking future decisions. All these are missing! What else can\nwe rely on but Google for all our answers? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like thousands of parents, I can only hope for the day when all children will be back to school<\/strong> in a true sense enjoying their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Antara<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am an anxious mother of a teenage son! I am perturbed not for some bad habits that my adolescent boy has picked up. I am concerned because he hardly has any social interaction because of the pandemic. Long-term closure of schools and colleges has wrecked the socio-emotional domain of children of all age groups. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[105,114,113,106,107,109,110,108,112],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school","tag-back-to-school","tag-back-to-school-after-lockdown","tag-back-to-school-captions","tag-back-to-school-images","tag-back-to-school-short-essay","tag-essay-on-back-to-school-after-covid-19","tag-ideas-to-welcome-students-back-to-school-after-covid","tag-teacher-welcome-back-to-school","tag-welcome-back-to-school-ideas-for-students"],"yoast_head":"\n