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My Child is Oversensitive

“He is overly sensitive. I’m afraid to say anything to him.” “She misinterprets everything that I say.” When a child is overly sensitive to criticism, he is easily hurt emotionally.

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7 Quick Tips to Build Self-Esteem

Raising children is one of the toughest and yet most fulfilling jobs in the world. The following tips may help you not only feel more accomplished as a parent, but help you to enjoy your children even more.

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Dealing With Your Child’s Low Self-Esteem

It’s routine to teach kids how to read, write, and even how to paint or how to run the dishwasher. It’s not customary to teach kids how to nurture their own self-esteem, though it’s the most important thing they can learn.

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How to Build Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is learned through relationships with significant others people in our lives. If a young person is accepted by others; he or she accepts himself/herself as a person of dignity and worth.

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Fostering Healthy Self-Esteem

Healthy self-esteem enables children to try new things without having too much fear of failing. Self esteem helps kids to reach out and make friends, and to manage problems they are likely to face.

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Confidence is the Key to Self-Esteem

Children who have high self-esteem are willing to take chances in school. Confident children are better able to stick with a difficult task until they manage it. A confident child is more willing to interact with the physical and social world. The result: increased learning and better brain development.
Here are some strategies for boosting your [...]

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What to do about name-calling

Kid’s who are called names are obviously hurt, but those who use name-calling to attack others are hurting themselves as well. For the benefit of both children, it’s best to be persistent in putting an end to name-calling.

Avoid confronting the child in front of others and embarrassing him with a reprimand or lecture because you [...]

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Teasing

Teasing is a child-sized weapon used to gain attention, create a feeling of power and superiority, or hurt the opponent with out leaving visible scars.
If the child being teased doesn’t seem bothered, then it’s OK to consider it harmless child behavior. Just ignore the behavior, or leave the room for a few minutes.
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Praise and Self-Esteem

Plants need water to grow. Children need praise to thrive. There has been a lot written recently in the media about promoting self-esteem in children. Some experts say that praising kids continually is essential for promoting healthy self-esteem in children; others argue that too much praise leads to sloppy work habits and inflated egos. All [...]

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