Summer vacation can bring anxiety for children and teens, despite it being a more relaxed time. The transition from the structured school year to summer freedom can be challenging, resulting in feelings of chaos and confusion. As routines disrupt, children may feel aimless without a familiar rhythm. Parents are encouraged to engage with their children in planning a structured summer, setting goals, and creating a summer bucket list. Involving children in these processes fosters a sense of control, ultimately helping to alleviate anxiety about the upcoming school year.
Summer vacation is often a much-needed break for all of us-parents and kids alike. However, it is a transition nonetheless, which can be experienced as a stressful time, even though the demands for summer are often less and the schedule offers more fun time.
For many kids and teens, the school year provides a predictable rhythm: waking up and coming home at a certain time, and having set activities throughout the week and weekends. Summer can be a time of less structure, which can feel chaotic for our kids and teens.
As parents, we can sit with our kids and teens during the spring and help them identify and set their summer goals, whether that's attending a camp or several camps around family vacations and other "field" trips that you may want to take as a family.
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