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Helping children

cope with exam stress

PW invited parents of Excellere World School, gurgaon to share their insights on
how they ensure their children experience a stress-free exam season

My mantra i believe the key to a relaxed exam season is ad-
is very clear. equate sleep, healthy and regular meals and some
“When the “recreation. Monitoring the academic progress of my
academic term children — 14-year-old
begins for my naman (class Vii), nine-
children — yash year-old Mayank (class
Vardhan (class iii) iV) and five-year-old
and harsh (class harshita (uKg ) — on
Vi) — i advise a daily basis without
them to maintain micromanaging, makes it
a home-work rou- easy for me and my wife
tine from day one followed by an hour of self-study and to plan our time with
revision. Weekends are for question hour and mock tests. them and advise them
this way, their academics are up to date with minimal accordingly. Since we are
stress during the exam season. Plus i always remember to aware of our children’s
have normal conversations with them and remain mind- strengths and weaknesses,
ful to leave out the word ‘exam’.” — Ajay Vir Yadav, we only have realistic expectations from them.” — Sand-
project head, Bharti infratel ltd eep Kumar, bank professional, hdFc

it’s im- exams are inevitable and an integral part of stu-
portant dents’ lives. Our children look up to us for inspira-
“to treat “tion. therefore, it’s our duty to help them overcome
children as the stress that comes with exams. i have made it a
god’s gifts practice not to compare my children — tanya (class Vii)
for nurturing and divyanshu (class iV) — with their peers. instead, i
in a loving appreciate their strengths while convincing them to work
environment. on their weaknesses. i help both my children to plan
they are exam prepa-
not pressure ration well
cookers for in advance
our desired recipes. On exam days especially, it’s early to and work
bed and early to rise for my 11-year-old son Arnav (class out a stress
Vi) and eight-year-old daughter Avni (class iii) so they management
can join me for a brisk morning walk followed by some plan as well.”
yoga. trust me, it works wonders! On weekends between — Vijender
exams, apart from cooking their favourite meals, we en- Singh, hos-
courage them to watch tV and cycle during breaks from pital admin-
exam preparation.” — Monu Chauhan, plant head, istrator, Sgt
Antech engineers university

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