When your child has exams

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When your child has exams 

When there is too much to study and too little time

Do you give your child lots of tea / coffee to focus and study fast?

Most of us do.

We think that driving away sleep with coffee / tea / other drinks which have caffeine is the best thing to do during exams.

But unfortunately, that is a wrong belief.

This is what happens when a child drinks tea / coffee while studying – 

1. When your child uses their brain to study for long periods – their brain gets filled with a chemical which makes them sleepy.

2. Sleep is essential at this point. Because it is during sleep that the information that your child’s brain has taken in while studying - turns into long term memories

3. When you give your child tea/ coffee / other drinks – the caffeine in the drink displaces the sleep chemical and wakes your child up. And your child continues to study.

4. Their brain takes in more information – but they don’t learn well because the caffeine in the drink makes them anxious and restless.

5. In addition, all the information that is going in stays in the short-term memory. Because of the lack of sleep the information does not get a permanent spot in the brain.

6. After a while your child feels sleepy again and you give them another cup of tea / coffee and the whole cycle repeats itself.

When your child studies like this – 
A: They learn less because of anxiety. 
B: They forget more because of lack of sleep.

Then how can they do well in their exams?

Avoid tea and coffee during the exams.

Save this and show it to your child when they ask for tea/coffee

Share this with everyone who drinks lots of tea and coffee to stay awake and focused.

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