Soon will come the summer holidays. Someone will go to the cottage, someone - a grandmother, and someone in the camp. When you can let go of the child without an adult and how to do it advises psychologist.
Release somewhere a child - very exciting for parents, and it does not depend on age. But sooner or later have to tear the child from her mother's skirt and give him more independence, summer vacation, it's time. We offer you the rules and regulations that will help make this the most correct.
At what age can you let go?
When the child can rest without parents / istockphoto.com
This question need not be repelled from the age as the character and temperament of the child. It so happens that in the 9th child more independent and responsible than 14. Similarly, there are young people who can be safely released to a friend to the cottage for the weekend and be sure that nothing will happen to them, but there are like small children, which is terrible even to let go of step.
Only you can determine whether a child is ready to go to a children's camp or to the country to the other without their parents, as you know better than anyone the nature and habits of their child.
By submitting somewhere primary school children, choose a place as close to you so that within half an hour you can be on the spot and solve any arisen situation.
If the child is 10-11 years old, it is still worth as much as possible to look after him, because it's still just kids. For example, you can send it to the camp on the sea, and by the lift near a house or a hotel room. So you, too, have a rest, you will be able to look after the child, and be sure that it is in perfect order.
In 13-14 years, the child may have to go on vacation without their parents, but only in case of full training and clear instructions.
How to understand that the child is ready to rest without an adult?
At what age to let a child to camp / istockphoto.com
- He knows how to manage themselves and their emotions;
- Can say a firm "no";
- Controls his desires;
- It has no psychological dependence on peers;
- It has a head on his shoulders and is always in control;
- He lives in the real, rather than his own fantasy world.
Guide for Parents
Before sending the child, for example, children's camp, make sure that he is familiar with the safety and unspoken rules.
- He knows what to do if it is lost or lost;
- how to act in case of fire, earthquake, flood, storm, and the storm;
- If he is not feeling well;
- if it pressured or threatened by adults or peers;
- if him someone stick (adult or peer);
- if offered a drink or eat;
- if they offered to do something illegal (stealing something, escape, etc.)
- other unforeseen circumstances, depending on age and place in which a child is sent.
The child must know the norms and rules of behavior on the water / forest / mountain. Be sure to teach his own techniques in first aid and gather the necessary first-aid kit. You must work through any situation that may arise with a child on vacation, even hypothetically. Do not treat it carelessly, from the preparation of the child will depend not only his health, but your mental state during his absence.
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