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Last minute exam stress can be very difficult to deal with especially for teenagers.

April 26, 2010 by Sarah Newton  
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What can you do as a Parent to help?

I have split this down into four areas, the three-week panic, the three-day panic, three- hours panic and three-minutes panic. It seems to be that that’s how it works.
Three-week panic is obviously the one that’s going to set in first. What you can do with this is set your teenager a couple of questions, or ask the school to, about topics they know. What you’re trying to do is build up their confidence.

Three-day panic is definitely going to set in. I get them to look over the things they said they half-knew at the beginning. Get them to look over them, because they’ll realize how far they’ve come. They’ll realize that, “I don’t half-know this anymore. I know it.” Help them see if they can find the links between things that they half-know and know.

Three-hour panic, the best thing is give them something to study that they know well. It’s going to raise their confidence up.

Three-minute panic, basically you have to tell them to relax and breathe. It’s going to help them just before they go into the exam rooms. I remember specifically being sick before my biology exam. We must help them deal with it. “Okay, you sit down, feel the chair. Breathe. Center yourself.” I know these aren’t words that we use a lot with our children, but we need to start so they can deal with this, cope. If there is any massive panic, whatever it is, help your teenager go back to something that they know. It’s going to raise their confidence.

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