While the school has just started for many people around the globe, there will always be a new crop of teenagers entering high school next year and all the other years to come. So if you think you’ve gotten off easy this year since your child isn’t yet in high school, what you really should be grateful for is a few more years of preparing for this momentous occasion.
To help you with this preparation, here are three tips for preparing your teen to enter high school.
Take The Time To Get Ready Each Morning
For many teens and preteens, there’s nothing harder than having to wake up early in the morning to get to school. But despite how much your teen might want to sleep in, if they wake up earlier in the mornings to get ready for school, they may prove to have more successful days.
According to Dr. Kathryn Hoffses, a contributor to KidsHealth.org, kids who have gotten enough sleep the night before and woken up early enough to eat a healthy breakfast before leaving for school can have better concentration, attention spans, and memory for the time they spend at school. Not only this, but waking up earlier gives your teen time to take a shower, shave or otherwise groom themselves, and feel fresh and clean so they can tackle their day.
Try To Get Involved
Entering high school can be very intimidating for many teens. Because of this, it’s common for teens to want to merely blend into the background. But if your teen is going to find success in high school and beyond, you might want to encourage them to fight against this natural response.
Rather, Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, a contributor to Parents.com, shares that you should encourage your kids to put themselves out there in high school. Not only will this help them socialize and learn how to make new friends, but it can also help them get involved in groups or activities that they may not have participated in otherwise.
Stop Stressing About What Other People Think
One of the hardest things about being a teenager in high school is the constant social pressure of worrying about what other people think about you.
If this is something that your teen is stressing out about, Shane McKeon, a contributor to YourTeenMag.com, recommends talking to your teen about how people likely aren’t thinking about them as much as they might assume. Just think about how much your teen thinks about themselves.
Do they have time to really think about others? Not so much. This is exactly what’s going on with all the other teens in their high school. If you’re trying to help your teen get ready for their high school years, consider using the tips mentioned above to help you accomplish this.
