Expert ‘tips’ to parents

Medical and psychological experts emphasized that it is extremely necessary for children to go to school, whether vaccinated or not.

On the morning of April 13, besides the joy of their children going to school, many parents in Hanoi also expressed concern about the risk of disease transmission when preschool children have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Experts show how to prevent infection when preschool children return to school

According to statistics from the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, the percentage of parents who registered their children to return to school from April 13 reached 66.8%. Reports from the Departments of Education and Training show that, during the past holiday, many schools and class groups have reviewed and completed the conditions to be ready to welcome children back to school.

The whole city currently has 1,145 establishments education preschool with more than 525,000 children attending. In which, the number of children studying at private institutions is more than 158,000, accounting for 30%.

Mr. Tran The Cuong, Director of Hanoi Department of Education and Training, suggested that preschools and kindergartens continue to propagate to parents to continue raising the rate of children going to school higher than 80% of the survey rate. He also asked the schools to absolutely not be subjective, even though the epidemic situation has been basically controlled.

Before the concerns and worries of many parents, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Dac Phu – former Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health), Senior Advisor of the Center for Emergency Response to Public Health Events Vietnam emphasized that it is extremely necessary for children to go to school, whether vaccinated or not.

To prevent illness for children, this expert said, schools should arrange children in groups, classes and feed separately, sleep separately, to minimize contact with each other. Thus, when a child is positive for SARS-CoV-2, the handling and zoning will be easy, encapsulating in a narrow range and not affecting other groups.

“When going to school, schools still have to implement disease prevention measures. Parents also need to work well with the school to ensure the safety of their children. When there is a F0 child, the family will send the child out of school, notify immediately. with the school to monitor the health of the children in the class, if there is a fever, cough, difficulty breathing, etc., then let these children rest,” – Mr. Phu said.

What do psychologists say?

Before parents’ concerns about how to let their children go to school after 11 months, psychologist, Assoc. Dr. Tran Thanh Nam, Dean of the Faculty of Educational Sciences – University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, said that in order to bring children back to school sustainably, “three readinesss” are needed, including the school, parents and teachers. students, in which parents are the most important factor.

According to this psychologist, for preschool children, going back to school will be a great joy. However, in the first 5 years of life, children are often self-centered – they only see opinions, see ideas. only his own.

“Selfish” and often say “no” to feel that they have “power”… the child will be very active in exploring the material and social world, like to “do” and imitate others, have an attitude The ‘can do’ level has ‘initiative’ (how to discover, how to do your own). Therefore, when going back to school, it will be easy to misbehave, break or damage something, easy to be considered by teachers and parents as stubborn and bad “- Mr. Nam said.

According to Mr. Nam, during a long stay at home due to the epidemic, many children develop slowly in terms of language, so many times they are not able to express their wishes. This is a sensitive time for children. preschool children.

Therefore, Mr. Nam said, parents and teachers must understand that sometimes it is normal for children to make mistakes, spill everything and even cause “intentions” to get the attention of adults. However, if parents and teachers scold and scold, it will also cause great damage.

“Adults need to help children participate and engage in games with term to gradually increase self-regulation ability, help children relearn socially correct behaviours. Say no cautiously and thoughtfully to help children gradually increase their ability to accept delay,” pointed out Mr. Nam.

According to this psychologist, to go back to school, parents should increase their talk in the evenings, when going for a walk or before going to bed, or organize activities to help their children prepare physically. physically, intellectually, socially and emotionally and feel that going to school is fun.

Physically, Mr. Nam said, talk to your child to guide him/her to articulate his needs. Let your child do some appropriate self-help. Reset your child’s schedule. Health care to ensure that children hear, see, and move well.

In terms of intelligence, play games together, talk about class to increase concentration, curiosity and eagerness to go to school. Parents also re-train habits such as masks, washing hands… Teach children to cough and sneeze into a tissue or elbow or shoulder if a tissue is not available.

On the social front, Mr. Nam points out, parents help their children to be able to associate with adults and other friends in a confident and friendly manner. Parents, talk about sharing healthy toys and personal items.

“Emotionally, help your child form the habit of being safe away from you. Set rules for children to control their emotions and behaviors better, such as not watching TV or phones before school,” Nam pointed out.