Winter vacation started last Monday July 3 and, as reported by Ministry of Education these have a duration until next time Friday 14 this month, so students must return to class on Monday 17 of the same month.

However, students from the Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica have a longer rest period, since it will be until friday july 21 Therefore, they will return to school on Monday 24 of this month.

It is because of these multiple rest days that it is important that relatives or relatives know what are the different ways they can be support the children during this period.

There clinical psychologist Margarita Benvenuto, underlined that, if the parents are not present During this period, your children may experience feelings of “emptiness, detachment, loneliness and disappointment ”.

The professional even indicated that detachment and the absence of affective support during childhood can have consequences in the future, since they could appear “emotional and psychological problems”, as well as “in the development of personality, social and adaptive skills”.

On the other hand, the differential educator Camila Sotelo, explained that the social networks are also a risk since in these minors can content display is not appropriate for their age, parents must therefore “create scenarios together, as well as establish conversation instances to build trust and to be able to know their centers of interest, their friends and the pages they visit frequently”.

The psychologist said parents should be aware that children do not generate inappropriate habits which are harmful to their health during the winter holidays, so it is recommended for the little ones don’t sleep late so that do not neglect your hours of rest.

Additionally, Benvenuto also suggested that small do not stay in front of screens for many hours What take care of your diet and their grooming habits. For their part, parents should allocate time to share with them, just like “listen to their suggestions and avoid arguments ”.

Sotelo indicated that the winter holidays are an opportunity to strengthen family ties since, by carrying out activities together, the minors will feel listened to, which will generate a more pleasant environment, a situation “which is important for the cognitive and social development because it generates autonomy and responsibility in students”.

I agree with what was said by the psychologist, it is “important generate strategies and plan activities aimed at enriching this space of family time together”. For this reason, Benvenuto suggested that the following activities could be carried out:

• Go through old family photos together.
• Dancing with the family or singing karaoke.
• To play board games.
• Adults can tell stories about different anecdotes from their childhood and youth.
• Talk about their ancestors and the activities they did.
• Cook together.

By the side educative, The Differential Educator pointed out that children in this period disconnect from school, which is good because “they deserve a break after finishing the first school semester. However, it is It is important to allow time for reinforcement of what has been learned ”.

In this way, Sotelo recommended that the little ones can “read a story, write a recipe, do mathematical exercises or carry out experiments”. However, these tasks must beperform in a short time every other day or every other day and associate them with a panorama ”, since thus the children will not feel cramped.

In addition, the professional added that parents can make a schedule to adjust the schedules, but it is important that the children give their opinion when choosing the scenario to do, because, in this way, they are made “participants in family decisions”.

However, in the case of having children of different ages the differential educator commented that “you can in turn for the choice of panoramas is because it is also important that older siblings participate in the decisions that will be made, so that “they feel listened to” .

Along the same lines, the psychologist stated that “parents should be aware of the differences of their children, since the emotional needs of teenagers “move in the direction of their need for independence individuality, identity and self-esteem”, while young children “are more dependent requiring more monitoring and care”.