Back to School: Helping Your Child Through Post-Holiday Fever
by Katrina Del Rosario
Diagnosis
It’s an easily recognizable scene: The sky is clear, the garlic rice smell especially crisp… your youngster is slumped over the table or his choice of expansive furniture. It looks as if his world just ended.
“But I don’t wanna go to school!”
“On the Floor” by N. Stjerna
This is the post-holiday fever. The cause: an abrupt halt to a noticeable absence of the need to go to school (e.g., the end of summer breaks, holidays, long weekends, and those confusing class cancellations due to rains). The symptoms: constant whining, groaning, complaining, and lethargy from your child. He may also appear vacant, procrastinating schoolwork, and hanging on to activities enjoyed during the no-school time which could be anything from playing videogames,
