Right Parenting Attitude Is Necessary to Build a Child’s Self Esteem!

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Having self-esteem is very important to lead a life full of happiness. Even if an intelligent and talented person lacks in self-esteem, he or she may face problems in all the areas of life including job, relationship, family and so on.

While no parents can control the things the child experiences through seeing and hearing, the experiences of early childhood helps the child to have his own self-esteem account where everything positive or negative is stored.

Parenting is not easy and tougher is the task to build self-esteem in the children. Parents attempting to do this must be cautious about the transactions. Parents must communicate with love and respect to the kids without unnecessarily trying to interrupt or suppress their thoughts.

According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, parents must teach the kids the importance of social competence by learning to get well with the peers and the others, sustaining attention and making positive contributions to the conversations and also the habit of controlling impulses.

Helping children develop self-esteem is, in fact, a matter of helping them gather evidence about their competence and capabilities which need to be genuine and based on real life experiences. Creating opportunities for children’s success is to help them develop a self-worth.

As per the National Association of the School Psychologists, self-esteem relates to many life factors and therefore it is very complex how a child develops self-esteem. Parents must value their children, listen to them, set appropriate boundaries and targets, teach how to solve problems, provide opportunities for success and above all must praise their efforts in order to build self-esteem in the children.

Various researches also suggest that self-esteem is closely related with the earlier positive experiences with the parents. When children make mistakes, they need supportive adults who do not criticize or ridicule them, but gives a helping hand to tide over the difficult situation.

The virtual pediatric hospital, the digital library of pediatric information also suggests various ways to build self esteem amongst children that include exercises to relieve stress, helping others, sharing talents and many more activities and also advises the parents to be good listeners and offer great love, affection and attention in order to build self esteem in the children.

Building self esteem in children is a continuous process and as long as the parents behave in positive ways so that a child is always assured of the love and support even when they feel embarrassed, go a long way to help the kids to be conscious of self esteem.

Using the right books can also help them build self esteem. For a list of great children’s books, check out this post, Best Children’s Books To Build Self Esteem.

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Taya

Taya is a professional writer, blogger, and a SAHM. Education, personal finance, and health care are her passions. She is engaged and raises her two teenagers in a Chicago suburb. Taya enjoys curling up with a good book on the weekends, fine dining, and lecturing the kids when possible!

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