Today when I praised my son’s effort as he dressed himself to school, his face beamed with pride. Encouraging children is an important step to being a good parent.
Why is self esteem so essential?
Children with healthy self esteem are successful at school. They are fun to be with and so have good peer experiences. They are eager to learn and more co operative.
How can we as parents encourage self esteem in our kids?
Take the time to stop and praise your child for his effort and achievement. Focus on your child’s effort more than the end result. The goal may take time to achieve and he may give up easily.
Be a good friend to your child and he will reciprocate, talk about the incidents of the day with him and he will talk about his.
Tell your child you love him and care for him. Don’t forget to show it.
Provide healthy living, with nutritious food, appropriate playtime and hygiene.
Encourage your child’s independence and let him take daily decisions; avoid pushing him into things that you would like him to do.
Let your child express himself, help him realise he is important.
Be optimistic and let your child watch you. Help him learn from his mistakes rather than pointing them out.
Help him deal with disappointments; teach him problem solving. The basic steps would be accept the problem, come up with many possible solutions, choose the most suitable one. Try out the solution and review the result.
Set a good example, coax him to solve his own problem, let him have a say in family matters.
Help him see him himself as an individual that he truly is.
Be realistic and watch him grow into a positive, healthy adult.
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