Originally popular for the elderly for health preservation, how did it become a favorite of elementary school students?

According to a number of media reports, primary school students' cross-hand skewers have recently become popular in Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Jinan and other cities across the country. A reporter from The Paper found that a similar phenomenon occurred among primary school students in Shanghai. The children said that the coiled skewers can reduce stress and have more common topics with their good friends.

Parents, teachers and experts have different views on disc behavior. Wang Feng, director of the Student Development Research Center of the Institute of General Education of the Shanghai Academy of Education Sciences, believes that the coil skewers, which are gradually becoming popular among primary and secondary school students, are similar to the previous students' pen transfers, using repetitive behaviors to relieve anxiety. Wang Meijuan, a psychiatrist at Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, believes that primary and secondary school students are now facing a lot of learning pressure, and it is not impossible to properly plate it, and parents cannot blindly prohibit it.

Elementary school students: Skewers during class, meals, and homework

Recently, a fourth-grade female businesswoman in Qingpu District, Shanghai, turned over the necklace at home, and the role was to use it for coiling, because the classmates around her were all discing, almost to the extent of a string in everyone's hands.

To improve her proficiency, she eats and does her homework on plates. Parents did not forcibly stop their child's behavior, but only reminded her not to delay her homework and not to make too loud noises to affect others.

Xiao Jia, a fifth-grade student in Xuhui District, began to fall in love with the skewers two weeks ago, because the girls around him were panning, and even the physical education class had people on the plate, and the teacher took several skewers.

She came home from school to check the video and quickly learned the various techniques of coiling. In schools, girls sometimes give bracelets to each other as gifts. In Xiaojia's mother's opinion, "it seems to have reached the point where it will not affect social interaction." She also bought Xiaojia a string of wooden beads online to replace the original plastic bracelet, "I feel that the wood material is safer." ”

Li, a fifth-grade student at a private primary school in Shanghai, told The Paper that many students in the class did bring their hands to school. But they were all brought secretly, and the materials were plastic, stone, and wood, usually beaded like small bracelets, and there were also large beads made of wood that boys had brought with them, and some even plated under the table during class.

"The fun-loving classmates said that they would decompress in this way, and some even met to buy girlfriend money together. But in fact, there are many students who are bored. I once borrowed a classmate's play after class, and I thought it was boring, and I haven't touched it again. To decompress, it is better to read extracurricular books. The student said that for the skewers, the students basically like them, and if they don't like them, they feel very bored, "And I think the things that the students love to play with are bursting for a while, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the skewers will be replaced by new things." ”

The stationery shop and kiosk in front of the school are frequented by students, and there are always some gadgets that attract children. On the afternoon of April 4, the surging news reporter visited several small shops around primary schools, and there were not many hand skewers sold.

Log in to the e-commerce platform and enter keywords such as "hand string", "plate string" and "children's hand string", and merchants selling 10,000 pieces a day abound. A seller told the surging news reporter that the number of buyers of hand skewers has increased significantly recently, and the so-called "ice pink girlfriend model" is very popular with little girls.

Due to the child's pleading, there are also many parents who buy bracelets for their children online. Ms. Qiu, a parent of a private primary school in Shanghai, told The Paper that her child is in the fifth grade, and some time ago, "pan hand strings" were popular in the class. "At first, I didn't know, one day I looked at my daughter's mobile phone, and she transferred 6 yuan to her classmate, saying that it was the money that her classmate helped her buy a bracelet." Ms. Qiu said that at that time, she learned that cross-hand skewers in the class had been all the rage for a while. "Later, my daughter brought home a pink plastic bracelet, and showed me homework demonstrations while plated, saying that it did not affect my studies at all, and I couldn't laugh or cry."

Compared with the acceptance of other parents to some extent, the attitude of parent Ms. Ni is very clear: opposed.

Ms. Ni has two daughters, the eldest daughter is in the fifth grade this year, the youngest daughter is in the second grade this year, the youngest daughter's class has not yet been coiled, and the eldest daughter is very interested in the coiled skewers, "The first time she told me that there were children pan hand skewers, I didn't take it seriously at all, and joked that this is a middle-aged and elderly man's plate, where are children playing, this is too greasy!" ”

After another period of time, the eldest daughter began to half-tentatively ask Ms. Ni if she could buy her a bunch too, saying that it was interesting to watch the classmates' plate, and it felt very stress-reducing and healing. "I simply refused, telling her that, first of all, the teacher said that you can't bring anything unrelated to learning to school. Secondly, playing with this thing in your hand will definitely distract and affect learning. And it will also make a sound when playing, and it will also affect others. Ms. Ni told the surging news reporter that another reason is that she also has concerns about the safety of the materials of the hand string, so even if she plays occasionally at home, she does not want to buy it for her children.

Expert: It is not impossible to properly plate a plate, and parents cannot blindly prohibit it

Regarding the advantages and disadvantages of coiled skewers, the second-grade children of Tianshan No. 1 Primary School in Changning District had a lively discussion.

Lin Ling is a second-grade Chinese teacher at Tianshan No. 1 Primary School in Changning District. There were no children in her class, but the children said they had heard of it, and some had seen older brothers and sisters. At the class meeting, Lin Ling and her classmates once exchanged ideas on the topic of coiled skewers, discussing why their brothers and sisters were obsessed with coiled skewers, and most of the students' views were: "Maybe you want to relax." ”

Seeing that the children were so interested, Lin Ling organized a class debate in early April, before the electronic watch entered the class, the children also debated, this time Lin Ling let the children find the advantages and disadvantages of the coil through the debate.

The debate was very hot, and the children were full of witty words, some said that no matter what the brothers and sisters were holding in their hands, they felt that the pressure was a little too big at that time, and they couldn't shout or run, so they could only use this small action to relieve it.

Some say that doing an action for a long time, medical reports, will trigger tenosynovitis, which is not conducive to the healthy growth of our children's bones.

Some say that a person is strung up, a circle of people watching, although they assure teachers and parents that they are not affected, but in fact affect a circle of friends around them.

Some also came to a philosophical summary: "The plate is the bead, and the grinding is the human heart!" ”

Through class debate, the children finally came to the conclusion that they would not enter the school by themselves.

Because many children secretly play hand skewers, or play hand skewers during recess, some primary school teachers told The Paper that they are not opposed to children's coiled skewers, as long as they are not played in class and do not affect learning.

There are also teachers who do not agree with this behavior of students, when Xiaojia, a fifth-grade student in Xuhui District, went to physical education class, there were classmates around him, and the physical education teacher unceremoniously confiscated these hand strings, and then this physical education class became a heart-to-heart class, the teacher asked the students what pressure there was, and enlightened the students whether to release it through healthier ways such as outdoor sports.

Wang Feng, director of the Student Development Research Center of the Institute of General Education of the Shanghai Academy of Education Sciences, believes that the gradual popularity among primary and secondary school students reflects two typical psychological needs of contemporary teenagers: one is to reduce anxiety, and repetitive behaviors to relieve the pressure caused by study, exams, etc., which is similar to the 90s when students turn their pens and the fidget spinners that were popular in previous years; Teachers and parents should objectively look at the psychological needs behind children's "hot" behaviors, reasonably guide students to reduce pressure, communicate and form correct values in more diversified ways to prevent the adverse effects of excessive coiling on the body.

Li Fei, head of the muscle rehabilitation team of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital affiliated to Tongji University, said that the child's muscle ligaments have not yet matured, and if you play coiled strings for a long time and high intensity, it is indeed possible to cause tenosynovitis, especially when playing, if you only use one thumb to move, and maintain this posture for a long time, it is easy to cause tendon damage.

"If children play to relieve pressure, they can choose to play for a short time, and then change individual positions, such as building blocks, puzzles, etc., and keep all their fingers moving during play." Li Fei said.

Wang Meijuan, a psychiatrist at Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, introduced that children like "coil skewers", which is very understandable, the times are different, and the things that children like are different, in the past, "marbles", "yo-yo", "pen turning", etc. were popular, and now coil skewers are popular, and even more novel ways to decompress such as knocking electronic wooden fish. In fact, there are many ways to decompress, and the coil is a way for children to self-regulate when facing stress, and if children can decompress and relax in this way, it is okay to have a plate appropriate.

Wang Meijuan said frankly that now primary and secondary school students are facing a lot of learning pressure, such as various after-school homework, interest classes, etc., allowing children to choose their favorite colors and shapes of skewers in a limited time and space to play, and release pressure in a burst of "clicking" sounds, which is not a bad thing, parents can not blindly prohibit it, otherwise children may think that parents do not understand them, aggravate the rebellious psychology, and affect the parent-child relationship.

However, Wang Meijuan also said that "coiled skewers" should pay attention to the time and occasion, and the time to play should not be too long to prevent addiction, and at the same time, it is not appropriate to "coil skewers" during class, otherwise it is easy to distract and affect the efficiency of listening to the class. In addition, parents should communicate more with their children and pay attention to their children's psychological needs. The pressure of primary and secondary school students mainly comes from two aspects, one is academic, such as excessive learning burden, parents' expectations, and competition between peers; Second, in terms of interpersonal relationships, such as primary and secondary school students with the expansion of social scope, interpersonal confusion is also increasing, "usually in life, parents and teachers should communicate more with children, through communication to understand children's stress and troubles, timely find and solve the psychological problems they may face." ”

(The minors involved in the article are pseudonyms)

(The Paper, The Paper, Chief Reporter, Chen Sisi, Senior Reporter, Zou Juan, Reporter, Han Xiaorong, Zhang Hongwei)