TIME UTILIZATION DURING COVID 19 LOCKDOWN

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Unusual times pose unusual challenges. For grown up, the challenges revolve around employment, surviving the hardships and keeping oneself healthy to be employed productively in near future. However, for children, the demands bring many challenges which were previously unheard of. Lets discuss some of them:

1. Social isolation - Being used to meeting friends in school and locality is a thing of past. Lockdown has forced children to interact only with their family members. With no friend to see of hear, children may feel irritated. Lack of balance can cause frustration. What is needed is careful management of their mood, keeping them engaged in a variety of activities and seeing that they are busy yet happy.

2. Academic accountability - Children know that they have all the time in the world. They also know that they can use this time well to study and cover their syllabus before time. But they still won't do that. They may be tempted to move towards distractions for long periods. Parents too know this and yet they may not be able to make the balance. This delay when combined with pressured routine on reopening of schools could result in a feeling of an opportunity gone by. Parents must use this time well for their children by letting them study 5 - 6 hours on daily basis. Once this is achieved, other things will be fine.

3. Physical health - With no source of physical activity in confined spaces children might not burn enough calories. Parents can see that exercises are carried out which do not need large spaces. Just 20 minutes everyday for stretching, on the spot jogging and fast movements for standing, lying down and skipping can be beneficial. Mood will be better and energy level could be higher.

Tough times shall pass but their value must be extracted correctly for our next generation.

Stay tuned and stay connected !

Gaurav Bhandari

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