Summer holidays are not only a time for entertainment, but also an important opportunity for emotional and physical recovery. After a busy school year, both children and parents need peace, rethinking and replenishment of resources. In order for this time to bring real benefits, it is important to approach it consciously.
Why is it important to recover?
Systematic fatigue in children manifests itself in decreased attention, irritability, and unwillingness to learn. In parents, it manifests itself in burnout, decreased tolerance, and conflicts in the family. Vacations allow you to get out of this state, provided that you use your time correctly.
Tips for parents and children
1. Create a regime without rigid frameworks
During the school year, children live in a strict rhythm – getting up, lessons, clubs, homework. Summer allows you to change the pace, but complete anarchy is also harmful. Try a gentle regime:
wake up later, but not at lunchtime;
alternate activity and rest;
plan the day with your child.
2. Time for “doing nothing” is also important
Allow your child (and yourself!) to be bored. This stimulates the imagination, helps to restart the psyche. There is no need to fill every minute of the day with activities.
3. Relax together – and alone
Family walks, trips or board games create emotional contact. But it is equally important to give each family member space for their own things – reading, chatting with friends, silence.
4. Communication without evaluation
Vacations are a great time to restore trusting relationships. Talk to your child more often not about grades or responsibilities, but about his dreams, experiences, desires. This forms emotional closeness.
5. Limit digital addiction
Gadgets are an attractive part of relaxation, but excessive use worsens concentration and mood. Introduce “digital hours”, arrange days without screens.
6. Involve in everyday life
Summer is the perfect time to teach your child responsibility in an easy way. Cooking together, gardening or cleaning not only develop skills, but also promote unity.
7. Plan small joys
You don’t have to go to the sea to get bright emotions. A trip to the forest, a picnic, a new hobby or an evening hike for ice cream – all this creates pleasant memories.
Conclusion
Summer holidays are not just “time without school”, but a resource for internal growth. It is important not to fill them with things, but to fill them with meaning. Care, peace and warm relationships in the family will help both children and parents to regain strength, reduce stress levels and return to the new school year with new energy.

Psychologist Victoria Kondrych.