The benefits of children having a healthy and long attention span are the ability to calm them selves, to be mindful of their thoughts and feelings, with the ability to focus on important information which allows for sustained attention to engage in tasks to completion to feel happiness and successful in life. 

Many Benefits

There are so many benefits when it comes to your children’s attention span, but out of those many benefits, here are 7 ones to keep in mind. 

If you’re taking notes here’s the 

• first one: the ability to focus to learn new skills and complete tasks. 

• The second one: is the ability to remember details. 

• Third is following instructions correctly. 

• Fourth is understanding and comprehending language. 

• Fifth is the ability to problem solve and come up with solutions. 

• Sixth is being a good listener and being able to understand social conversations. 

• Seventh is being able to calm oneself, to self regulate their emotions. 

Attention is Shrinking

These days our children’s attention is shrinking seriously, they cannot focus on something long enough. Why? I’ll tell you why.

Many Factors

There are many factors involving the process of children’s attention span shrinking and that has consequences I will soon talk to you about.

Why Technology?

Ok there are many factors involving the process of children’s attention shrinking these days and I’ll tell you the consequences very soon but the main cause of this is technology. Why technology? Because in technology the scenes pass by fast. There is instant emotional ramifications. The experience they feel is right away, so they want the outside world to feel exactly the same way. 

There Are Consequences To That

The first consequence is that children end up not developing their highest capacity to solve problems, they also throw tantrums easily because the more their attention cannot stay long enough to examine what is happening to them emotionally the faster they snap out of situations. And this creates anger and tantrums. 

Creates Friction

When these things happen it creates friction between themselves and you, their parents. This friction just intoxicates the whole environment. There is a danger in this when the child grows up and they cannot focus on things for example they will not be able to pay attention to where they are going. They will make spontaneous decisions in life without examining their decisions. They will start making poor choices in life and not knowing the consequences of those choices because they are not giving enough attention to what is happening. 

Impatience

And they become impatient because they want everything to happen automatically right now which causes them to feel that their heart is racing because they feel more frustrated more angry in their body which can lead to other mental issues that are not healthy for them.

Inability to Focus

The second consequence is the inability to focus to learn new skills and complete tasks. Not being able to maintain focus for the repetition it takes to learn a new skill as well as complete a project negatively impacts children and their future in careers that contain different kinds of projects. The inability to remember details to follow sequential instructions correctly. Making repeated, careless mistakes because of not maintaining focus long enough to get all the details. Which then results in errors at school, home, and eventually work as well as other areas in life. 

Remembering What Was Said

Third is understanding and remembering what was said because they can hardly concentrate on what is being said. Whether it’s instructions from teachers, coaches or parents to not being able to pay attention to social conversations and understand what is being said. This negatively impacts  their relationships with others. Conversations with friends, family members, teachers, and coworkers will suffer. And when someone they care about is telling them something important and they miss the info, this puts a strain on the relationships. Missing key important information will make for frustration and shut down.

Regulating Emotions

Fourth is being able to calm oneself, to self regulate their emotions. The inability to pay attention to our own thoughts and emotions can negatively impact our peace of mind. Being reactive to situations due to not paying attention to what is going on within themselves or the thoughts in their mind. Challenges seem overwhelming and unsurmountable. As this lack of focus impacts themselves, their lives, and their relationships they suffer and miss out. 

There Is A Solution 

Remember when your children need for example to learn how to use the bathroom we teach them how to use the bathroom. When they need to learn how to speak, we teach them how to speak properly. When they need to learn how to drive when they become teenagers, you find someone to teach them how to drive. In the same way, when it comes to children knowing how to use their mind it’s very important to find a coach to help them.

Hi, my name is Mariah Odegaard
I specialize in helping children expand their attention so they can excel academically and also in life. I’m inviting you to a free class where I’ll be teaching you and your children how to actually work together. So you can help them increase their attention so they can be better focused on their academic success, more mindful, and more creative. Click on the link below to subscribe.