A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO CHILDREN’S ROOM TO GIVE THEM A MORE USEFUL WAY TO STUDY by Serhat Gümüş

A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO CHILDREN’S ROOM TO GIVE THEM A MORE USEFUL WAY TO STUDY by Serhat Gümüş

According to the recent personal observations of teachers, students understand the reason why they come to school much later. Accordingly, they think about a future profession for themselves when it is too late. While the students of the years before 2000 thought about what they wanted to be in the future starting in their early ages, students of today do not have any specific or desired ideas about what they want to be. 

Back in time, when students were asked about what they wanted to be they gave specific answers by saying that they want to be a police officer because they want to protect community, by saying that they wanted to be a vet because there are a lot of unattended animals on streets or by saying that they wanted to be a businessman to buy and sell stuff and etc. Starting from their early ages such as seven or eight years old, they knew the reason why they came to school and they felt interested in some specific professions and their minds were set for these kinds of purposes and it really helped them during their years of education because at least they had something in their minds and they were more likely to focus better on their education than the ones who had never thought about these things. 

Today, we you ask small age groups of students about why they come to school and what they want to be in the future they say that they come to school because their parents tell them to do so and also they do not have a clear answer about what they would like to be in the future. 

Children’s separated rooms must not be more than a bedroom.

                                     S.G

So, what is the reason of this negative change? The answer is quite simple: Time. So, let’s have a look at the past. How did the students use to study? Back then students’ discipline was much stronger because they did not have a matter of space. They used to study anywhere such as living room and kitchen and they did not have cell phones, internet and etc which distract and keep the students away from their studies today. In other words, studying was integrated in their daily lives. But today, most of the students have a separated room at home and they think that their rooms are for studying. Even parents send their children to their room when they what them to do their homework. Well, it is a wrong behavior to think that children’s separated rooms are for studying.  On the contrary, children’s separated rooms must not be more than a bedroom.  It must be a place to rest, relax, do some spare time activities and sleep. For example, parents’ room is the bedroom but do they go to their bedrooms to work on some reports that are necessary for the other day in the office? Mother cook in the kitchen, not in the bedroom or when they want to find and take note of a new recipe they do not specifically go to their bedroom to do it. They simply do it wherever they are without moving somewhere else. When the parents need to make some online payments or shopping they do not leave the living room and they do not go to their bedroom to do it. So, why should we expect the children to go to their bedrooms and study there? If children have to study, they should study in the living room. They should study on the couch, around the table that they eat their food or on the carpet.

Sending children to their rooms to study blocks the way of communication between parents and children.

S.G

In this way, children won’t be lost in a room which has a lot of things to keep them away from his studies such as computers, cell phones, internet and etc. And they will enjoy and like their rooms more. Following this new method also gives courage and freedom. It gives some new opportunities to parents to communicate with their children by learning something from their children’s studies. There becomes an increase in the children’s exam marks, as well.

In order to balance study time and self entertainment time, you are advised to read the article named ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW FOR CHILDREN’S INTERNET ADDICTION in which you can find original ways to make your children’s studies more effective.