Why children lack focus Journal Article

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Catherine's parents also complain that their daughter lacks concentration while doing school homework; most of the time she bites her nails, stops writing, and sits in her place, stunned and dazed... And older, experienced teachers, in their turn, reject this accusation and direct it toward fathers, mothers, and the family, saying: 'The cause of this matter lies more in the problems and discomforts of the family environment, and it is the thought of the family environment that prevents the child from studying. The control and supervision that fathers and mothers usually perform regarding the school assignments of such children, which is often accompanied by reprimands and criticisms, has a reverse effect on children; it makes them even more disgusted and, as a result, they completely lose their mental concentration in class. And then, contrary to these children who have no patience for reading lessons, the expectations of teachers, fathers, and mothers are greater, and they want them to also work and perform more assignments so that they can reach their classmates themselves, and this in itself causes an increase in their hatred and aversion to the study environment and school. Dr. Eberhard, a famous child psychologist from West Germany, has assigned the following values for children's mental concentration: Under normal and ordinary conditions, without the presence of insomnia, fear, or anxiety, and with a good teacher, novice students should spend at least fourteen minutes without interruption on a task or problem given to them and complete it.