Coping with the Exam Season. With Julian Hall

‘If you want to your kids to grow then you have to be there as a support system’ Julian from Ultra Education joins Irene to talk about the exam season and the challenges children face during these times. If you take an aerial view it wouldn’t be out of place to recognise that league tables drive behaviour and exams remain a key element of the education system. In this episode, you can hear about how to deal with overwhelm and the underpinning strategies and thought processes that operate in the context of exams. KEY TAKEAWAYS What can we do about overwhelm? Finding the source of overwhelm is key. If you understand where it is coming from whether it is your or your child’s overwhelm then it goes a long way to making it manageable. When exams arrive, everyone can be overwhelmed and it’s about managing this. If the child is in a stressful environment they will also become more stressed. Exams are one of the first points where children face overwhelm, we can ask whether it can be turned around to be a point of growth as for the entrepreneurial child it can become growth. What can you do when they begin to check out and disengage? You need to review why they are becoming disengaged. The ability to teach and coach becomes vital when they begin to check out. Find more engaging ways for them to learn the topic this may involve looking for learning beyond the classroom and increases the stake and involvement of the parent. Kids only understand their context at that time they have no understanding of the frameworks of life. This means they cannot understand the potential impact and pathway of a particular action and context. Kids are far more informed and know when it’s not working for them The challenge is to provide perspective and apply what you have learnt. As parents we have to be prepared to hear things we don’t want to hear in order to support them. BEST MOMENTS ‘Why should my primary child face the stress of these exams?’ ‘Entrepreneurs often don’t like school they often see it as too restrictive’ ‘They use it as a way of growing and stepping forward’ Giving them opportunities that convention doesn’t currently’ VALUABLE RESOURCES Raising Successful Kids Podcast ABOUT THE HOST Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success. CONTACT METHOD https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/ https://twitter.com/irenetwin1