Daksha School (Anjali' school) organised a talk by child psychology expert Aarti Rajaratnam who took a session for the teachers and then spared an hour for parents. We were asked to be mandatorily present and we went. Aarti spoke very well and covered a myriad of topics in an hour. How children have this 'audience' syndrome (they believe they are being watched by 50-500 people all the time), how they follow our behaviors, how they cope with hormonal changes, stress, body shaming.
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| Aarti Rajaratnam |
She spoke about how they have this thing with gadgets - something she said was an ocular lock - when our eyes lock into a small screen it goes into a prehistoric manner - the eyes fully lock into the screen much in the same way as we would look at predators and that would bring full focus on that screen and cut off all other senses from activating. Which is why when people get locked into screens it takes a while for them to disengage. I loved that.
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| Us parents! |
Also how boys need space and cannot sit still and how girls easily cry.
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| Anita giving a vote of thanks |
She mainly stressed on one thing - build a connection with the child. Gently start making time with the child where you can chat for 15-20 minutes everyday without gadgets, in an environment which encourages conversations and sharing and connections. I am so glad Daksha and Anita thought of this initiative and invited her for a workshop with teachers on how to handle kids.
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