Stress

To me, it’s amazing to see how younger children are affected by stress. I feel like administrators are making school more stressful for children today than it used to be. While it is important to teach children to manage their time better, they also feel the pressure to do well and succeed at a younger age. I also feel with social media, children are more aware of their surroundings and what is going on around them. For example, two weeks ago with the clown incident around my home area, my brothers middle school was being targeted. Of course he saw this and freaked out. He did not want to go to school that day for fear of what could happen and he felt much safer at home. Naturally nothing happened, but it took a lot of reassurance from my mom the night before to tell him that he would be safe at school and he could text her throughout the day if there was anything going on. I know he also feels the pressure from school to do well in his classes looking forward to his future. I don’t remember feeling that much pressure to do well in school until I hit high school. I found the textbook to be interesting as it addressed issues such as home life troubles, or major traumatic issues that they have gone through. It’s so sad to see that children aren’t always raised in a home life like you may have been brought up in, and they are struggling with issues that no child should be facing. The stress for some children makes me want to help them in the best way I can as a future teacher.