Kids Are Our Future

A very important goal for us as parents is to help our children gain self-confidence, which does not only help them to develop mentally, but also benefits them on life skills and building self-esteem. Here are some ways that can help parents to nurture children’s self-confidence.

• Help the child to improve self-respect. Teach him or her to love himself or herself and love life, to become a person who is loved. Tell him or her that he or she is unique and very import to family and our society.
• Give the child appropriate compliments. Praise him or her when he or she has achieved a good grade or has done a task well, which will help him or her to build importance and the desire to do better. Remember not to over praise him or her, which may lead to opposite effect.
• Give the child responsibilities. Feeling useful and needed makes him or her feel important and gain self-confidence.
• Help the child to break down a difficult task into small manageable ones. This helps him or her feel in control, and increases the chance of success, then gain self-confidence gradually.
• Encourage the child to try to master tasks he is struggling with. Children learn by doing.
• Help the child to learn to overcome obstacles and to be persistent in facing of frustration. Tell him or her that in real life, he or she will hit a lot of inevitable setbacks; only a strong person who keeps trying in different ways can succeed.
• Encourage the child always to try his or her best. Let him or her know that his or her efforts help him or her make better decisions and get achievements, which make him or her feel good about self and will gain self-confidence.
• Always provide the child feedback in a positive way. When the child makes a mistake or an accident occurs, parents’ response should be positive, which makes him or her feel that parents are there for him or her. Help the child to find out why he or she made the mistake or what is the cause of the accident, then try to find a possible solution, so that next time, it will not happen.
• Help the child to grow his problem-solving ability. Guide him or her work through problems, but don’t solve them for him or her, give him or her chance to achieve and feel successful.
• Be a role model. Children are always watching their parents for what to do or how to do things. If parents can model persistence and confidence ourselves, our children will learn this too.

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