In the outpatient clinic of B&A Chinese Medicine, parents of children with ADHD often complain:
Why can children play mobile phones and games for hours to concentrate? Why is it that I am distracted and distracted when I write my homework in class?
Isn't that a matter of attitude? Isn't it laziness or lack of willpower?!
In fact, I have written about this problem before, and it was explained from the perspective of active attention and passive attention.
Passive attention is: being attracted to the outside world, and putting himself into attention because of that thing that he is interested in. What most of our children can maintain is passive attention.
For example, watching TV, some parents think that their children are very serious about watching TV, and his concentration is very good.
Why do you say that watching TV affects your child's attention? That's because television attracts children, and he causes passive attention.
There is also a reason why tv affects children's attention, most of the things in life that need to be concentrated are static, and rarely as fun as television.
And the child's attention has been "spoiled" by the TV, so it is difficult to keep an eye on the static things that require his active attention. Attention is naturally affected. Active attention, on the other hand, means that we can actively invest energy and consciously remain focused. That's the kind of attention we want to train.
Procrastination, impatience, and eagerness are largely due to lack of active attention.
Children are in the stage of character cultivation, or jade, can be carved. If you want your child to exercise their concentration to a certain extent.
First: Consciously let the child slow down
For example, the TV should not be doubled, and the things should be slowly collected little by little. Walk slowly, talk slowly, be patient, and learn to be patient and take your time.
Second, exercise your static concentration time
For example, reading books, such as practicing words, doing something boring but needing attention. The first time I concentrated, it didn't take long to be fine, and each time it was longer than the last time I insisted.
Third, don't be multi-purpose
Just do one thing seriously first! Don't let your child listen to music and read books, maybe you will think that reading books and listening to music seems great! But for friends who already lack concentration, it is very easy to be subconsciously distracted.