This class can help your children regulate their emotions

What classes are your children enrolled in and why were they chosen?

A new study coming from the UK marks one specific circle that you should consider if you want to give your children a developmental advantage

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21/01/2022

Friday, 21 January 2022, 07:49 Updated: 07:52

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What classes are your children enrolled in? In recent years the variety of leisure activities and classes facing children and parents has greatly expanded - from ceramics to programming, from dog training to piano and of course immortal judo and ballet, the possibilities are almost limitless. Some parents insist on certain classes for their children as part of their general education (music, for example), others flow with the children’s desires and allow them to experiment in different areas. And there are classes that are chosen because of the benefits that may arise from them: basketball and soccer for example are types of team sports that improve social skills, chess develops thinking skills, martial arts to improve discipline and self-confidence and more.

A new study from the University of Surrey in the UK has found that there is a particular class that can help your children better control their emotions and improve their behavior.

Emotion control can be a challenge at any age, but in childhood and turbulent adolescence it is particularly elusive.

Martial arts, the study shows - and especially taekwondo - can improve children's emotional regulation.

The practical implication of emotional regulation is better control of emotions, improvement in cognition and better behavior in general.

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Avishag Samberg, bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics (Photo: Reuters)

Moreover, the researchers found that self-regulation in children was associated with better mental health and better academic grades. They based their study on 240 children aged 7-11 from 8 different classes who were followed for 11 weeks. The children were divided into two random groups, the experimental group was sent to a taekwondo class twice a week (for 45 minutes each time, average class length), and the control group went to a general sports class as often and for the same period of time.

Prior to the start of the experiment, the researchers collected baseline data that formed the starting point for the studies, and at the end of the period they performed a re-evaluation of the same data for all the children who participated in the experiment.

Each of the children answered a series of questionnaires that examined, among other things, what they thought about the lessons they received, and how much they attached importance to "self-control."

The children's teachers were also asked to rate their self-control ability while they were in school. In addition, the children were asked to complete a computerized task test aimed at assessing their cognition and brain performance level.

Not only in the afternoon classes - to be included in the curriculum. Avishag Samberg in the Taekwondo Battle at the Tokyo Olympics (Photo: Reuters)

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At the end of 11 weeks the students in the taekwondo group exhibited significantly higher concentration and attention abilities than those of their control group peers.

They also received higher scores on the Planker test - a test designed to assess managerial concentration abilities.

"There is a growing body of research indicating that there are personal and public benefits from improving children's self-control, but research is less clear on the practical steps that can be taken to achieve this goal. Our research shows that incorporating traditional martial arts lessons into school curriculum can teach "Children value self-control and also increase the practice of self-regulation. Traditional martial arts are popular as after-school classes, but very few schools incorporate them as part of the curriculum today," the researchers wrote.

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