Your child is stressed about their exams, and worried about their performance and outcomes. Impending national or entrance exams, or performing be it in the arts, like music and drama, are feeling worrisome for them.
You value your child’s educational experience and only want the best for them. You hope in life they meet their academic and extra-curricular milestones with a sense of confidence and achieve what they set out to, but right now they lack confidence, and the thought of exams and exam performance fills them with fear and apprehension, which is making them incredibly tearful, worried, angry and/or irritable.
As a parent, you’ve tried reassuring them. You’ve perhaps already invested lots in extra-tuition, but something about the the situation means your child is feeling really reticent about the prospect of the looming exams. Perhaps they are not feeling particularly confident in a subject area? Perhaps they feel the pressure of expectations and are worried that they will not fulfil those expectations? Perhaps there are no expectations at all but they are piling on a pressure upon themselves? Perhaps they’re feeling scared that they will underperform? As a parent you’re starting to worry for them, and trying everything in your power to make things as easy for them as possible.
When you see your child in a whole lot of discomfort and visibly stressed, you don’t know how to help them, what words to say, what course of action to take. You’ve perhaps talked to school, their teachers, their tutor, and are told that it’s just a matter of building confidence, but deep down inside you know it’s going to take a whole lot more than ‘practice makes perfect’. You feel inadequate on how best to help your child, but know you have to do something different to help them.
Let me help you by helping your child. I can help your child by offering them a free, non-judgemental space to share their own experience. We will work together to identify the key areas of their discomfort and take the time to recognise and acknowledge their emotions, understand their thoughts and feelings safely. I will teach them tools to empower them in an exam situation and by working together we will develop strategies that they can use themselves confidently and comfortably, coaching and mentoring them to feel a sense of calm collectedness and genuine confidence when faced with an exam situation.
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I can highly recommend Vidya at Vivid Outcomes. My teenage son was finding it hard to motivate himself to study. He was also struggling with nerves before a big guitar exam. Although he was very reluctant to seek help, Vidya soon put him at ease and he came away relaxed and so much more positive. He's really increased his enthusiasm for homework & revision and this has been reflected in his improved grades. As for the guitar exam, he did very well and is now looking forward to taking his Grade 7 exam next year. Thank you so much Vidya.
