Pressure of Education is ruining Children

Education, no doubt is the most powerful instrument that designs the future of children in best possible way. It gives them confidence to flourish in every walk of life. But have you ever noticed that sometimes education becomes a pressure for the child due to which he loses his confidence in himself and ultimately fails to perform the way he or his parents and teachers want. As far as I have witnessed there are two major reasons for failure of students. Firstly burden of education and secondly pressure from the parents.

If we talk about the academic pressure that the children face, I feel that children are being overburdened. The education system is getting tougher day by day which in one sense is a good thing because you have to compete up with rest of the world but at the same time it is getting difficult for children. Facing a tough time to get good grades and to participate actively in extracurricular activities as well creates problems for students .It may also result in mental sickness, stress and anxiety.

The second pressure, which I guess is the biggest one is “comparison with other children’ Almost every child faces this situation when his parents start comparing him with children of same age group, class and mostly with the relatives. According to the parents, this is to make children realize that how other children with same resources and capabilities are doing better than them. This is probably the worst thing you can do to kill the confidence of your child. By doing this you are just making him believe that he will never be able to perform well because he is not smart enough. Using another technique which is called ‘’Appreciation’’ might be helpful. Children will start believing in themselves, they will try their best to meet your expectations, not because that it will make you happy but it will make them happy as well. Stop degrading children and start appreciating them, for who they are and what they can be.