Changing a child’s school requires the parent to know the important things that will help the child to get used to the school he has changed to.
Create confidence in the child: when a young child is told that he is going to be transferred to a school, he may not accept it well and feel that he will no longer have the same friends he had, the teachers he loved like he had,… a child like that needs his parent to create confidence in him that what he saw at school he will find it elsewhere.
Talk about a few days before the school starts: it is not appropriate that you decide to find a school, pay the school fees, and all the other necessary things and then the child will be surprised to find that he has been transferred to the school. It would be better to talk to him first before looking for it and ask him about his options and explain to him why it is necessary to change his school.
Visit the school before starting: taking the child to the school first and seeing that there are no other people there makes him feel that he has information about the school he will attend. It would be better if you go there where one of the teachers will teach you or there will be another child to study with.
Train him to tolerate the changes he faces: maybe the child went to a worse school compared to the one he was in due to poverty and the parents could no longer afford to pay him school fees. When a child goes to school and sees what he used to see at school that he does not see at school, it can discourage him and make him angry, which requires you to talk to him and convince him that he will get used to it.
Monitor him when he is not used to it: getting to know your child’s teachers helps you to monitor him when he is not used to it and ask him about the problem he has but also avoid showing them that you are worried about your child because the teachers may think that you do not trust the way they treat him.
Attend parent-teacher conferences and other events at your child’s school: Parent-teacher conferences are often a place where you can get a lot of information and meet other parents of your child’s classmates. This also makes the child feel at ease because he sees that his parents support him.
