What should I do if my child doesn’t pay attention in class?

All parents hope that their children will do well in school and listen carefully in class. However, as we all know, the younger the child, the shorter their attention span. Moreover, children usually do not know the importance of learning. If the teacher's lectures are boring, it will be difficult for children to concentrate on the class. Therefore, when children do not listen carefully in class, the most important thing is to find the reason so that it can be solved in a targeted manner.

What should I do if my child doesn’t pay attention in class?

Cultivate children's self-control

First change some of your child’s study habits, and don’t rush to improve their academic performance. Cultivate children's self-control so that they can restrain themselves when studying, instead of studying when they want to study and playing when they want to play.

Create a focused environment

Move the child’s desk into the room and prepare a desk lamp to create a quiet and undisturbed environment for the child to study. Don’t put it in the living room, as there are too many people coming and going in the living room, making it impossible for children to study quietly.

Proper stimulation for children

Comparison is not good, but reasonable use of comparison will help people make progress, and the same goes for children. Appropriately stimulate your child with the examples of his classmates who have excellent grades, so that he knows the gap between himself and others. This stimulation will make the child work harder.

Parents actively cooperate with teachers

Teachers should often give suggestions in the group on how to improve children’s grades and how to make them pay attention in class. Parents should actively cooperate with the teacher's opinions and follow the teacher's methods to improve their children's academic performance.

Cultivate children's ambition

There is a difference between ambition and competitiveness. There is no need to teach children to surpass everyone. Instead, we should cultivate children's ambition, let them set themselves as goals, and each effort should surpass their current self and become better each time.

Train your child's concentration

Concentration requires long-term and patient training. You can let your children learn chess. Chess is a great test of a person's concentration. Children can train their concentration by learning chess, which is helpful for their studies.

ADHD is a major cause of attention deficit disorder. The core problem of ADHD is inattention, which is also one of the attention disorders of ADHD. Hyperactivity is secondary. Even if there is no outward manifestation of physical hyperactivity, as long as the problem of inattention is long-term and obvious, attention should be paid to whether there is a possibility of ADHD. This type of inactive ADHD is particularly hidden and often goes unnoticed by parents.

In addition to being related to ADHD, the reason for children's inattention is also a prominent manifestation of children with Tourette syndrome. The most prominent first symptom of Tourette syndrome is blinking caused by eye twitching. Because Tourette syndrome can cause children to have inattention, and their eyes cannot be fixed on books during severe tics, classmates and teachers may not understand, which may make children dislike going to school more, and even cause poor grades and learning disabilities.