The lecture by Ryouko Uchida

The lecture started at last.
Ryouko Uchida has long been related in many programs such as NHK's radio "Kids' hearts consultant room" and "Momo's room" as a psychological advisor.
She is very popular on TV.


"Can you see kids' hearts?"

The lecture started from a word "It is hard to see kids' hearts, isn't it?."

Kids' hearts are difficult to look in. So do people's hearts, even one's own heart.

But you can catch the chance to glimpse the kids' hearts.
When kids laugh vividly and eat well, they are in good conditions as you see. This is a chance to look-in the kids' hearts.

On the contrary, when kids show poor appetite or they don't talk much, they have some hardness in their minds and are in trouble.

Like this, when look the kids carefully, you adults around the kids can pick up the signals of the kids. The problem is how the adults can support it.


When kids follow their own wills and act？

How and when kids feel their heats and find to express themselves?

According to the researches, kids can express their images on their hearts at the age of four. Around four to five-year-old they can tell themselves properly, they say.


Elementary and junior high school kids

When a kid enters an elementary school, he or she will have another community apart from the parents. In the communal living, the kid creates a society and have two major worlds called "school" and "home."

Looking from the parents, school life is vague.
That's because kids tend to not bring back what happened in the school.

For example, when the parents feel something strange and ask "What's with you?", the response would be "No matter." This means the kid wants to leave the problem untouched.


What is school for kids?

I started "Momo's room" in order to become an adult who can turn the ears to the other's words.
The major theme of the kids’ consultations was on school life problem.

A mental factor may bring an uneasy to the kids’ body, such as head ache, stomach ache, word loose, and other abnormalities.

Most parents of such kids insist that they have no sign of the problem in home. Medical inspections may find no answer.

The real problem is in the school life or in the relationship with the friends. Kids don't speak, but tell by body. Adults should watch the change of kids' body carefully.


When stress accumulates in kids' hearts

The bad condition of the kids comes after the consecutive holidays in May or after summer holiday. This is because the tension will be interrupted in those timings.

When the class doesn't run well, kids tend to accumulate the stress. Even in a class hour, kids lose the presence of mind. The communication between the teacher and pupils may be interrupted. Usually, when the first semester is over, the class will calm down but may bullying may take place. The kids may increase their stress much further.

What is problem is that kids are forced to go school. This is because the kids don't speak out that they will take rest. The result is to appeal the bad condition of the body.

We adults should detect the subtle signs of the kids.