Building Self Esteem in Children
Building Self Esteem in Children for any child to succeed in life, you must build up their Self-Esteem. Once they have this, later as they grow up, they should be able to succeed in achieving some of their ambitions which they have dreamt about; this can happen with encouragement of the parents and teachers which all plays a part in ‘shaping your child’. (“Raising A Confident Child – Tips to Boost Your Child’s …”)
The moment commences right at the birth of a child. Parents smile at the first glimpse of their child, the moment they utter their first words, the moment they can stand and take their first few steps, unaided – throughout every steppingstone in their life. (“Blogger – Travellers”)
“Parents may not even realize that at this stage, a child is able to accept acknowledgement through spoken words and any signs of affection.” (“How To Boost Your Self Esteem by Max Diamond – Issuu”) “An effective way of building up their child’s Self-Esteem is by regularly giving the child lots of praise.” (“Raising A Confident Child – Tips to Boost Your Child’s …”)
“Some experts believe that if parents do this too often it can have consequences.” (“Raising A Confident Child – Tips to Boost Your Child’s …”) This can be for two reasons:
Firstly, if a child does something to be proud of the praise, they receive will be what they come to expect. Besides the parents, the child will come across millions of people in their lifetime, and they soon realize that words of praise are not as forthcoming as they had come to expect. (“How To Boost Your Self Esteem by Max Diamond – Issuu”) They will not be rewarded for everything good deed.
Secondly, a young child does not always do things correctly. Sometimes they are badly behaved and unless a parent does something about this, a child will not learn the difference between what is right and what is wrong. (“Raising A Confident Child – Tips to Boost Your Child’s …”)
Another part of building up Self-Esteem includes knowing when to give constructive criticism. This is by explaining to a child when they have done something correctly and when they have done something in the wrong manner. There are always many ways of approaching a situation and sometimes when you review what you have done, you realize that you could have managed it differently. (“Blogger – Travellers”) The parent must also be able to achieve a balance in criticizing a child, as too much can dent their confidence, as repeatedly they are corrected on their behavior, and they will feel personally attacked.
Parents do this not only to turn the child into somebody they can be proud of such as God when he decided to create a man, but simply so that their child becomes a person that is an active member of today’s society and live as a law-abiding citizen or by any given rules. (“Travellers”)
Thirdly, another way of building Self-Esteem in your children is by the parents setting a good example. The actions being displayed by the mum or dad play a key role in the how their child develops. Those that swear, will often be surprised when one day the child comes out and does the same. Parents are the first role models that a child will come across. (“Raising A Confident Child – Tips to Boost Your Child’s …”)
Although by watching film and television, this can also play a part in what a child picks up, parents are there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which is much longer than what an hour or two of a programmed can do to influence a child.
Parents are the ones that must set an example for their child to follow. Even if either mum or dad as a child, did not have much self-worth or pride their children should not have to go through the same experience. These people learn from their mistakes made before and try their absolute best to prevent this happening to what will be the future generation. (“Raising A Confident Child – Tips to Boost Your Child’s …”)
“It is never easy to bring out the best in a child.” (“Raising A Confident Child – Tips to Boost Your Child’s …”) There are always trials ahead, and those who succeed can be proud of seeing their child graduate from high school or college and instill these same qualities in their own children. (“Blogger – Travellers”)
Best Wishes, Coyalita
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