Self Esteem

Resiliency in Children

What do parents want for their children? High on their list are happiness, success in school, satisfaction with their lives, and solid friendships. To accomplish this, our children need inner strength to deal competently with the many challenges and demands they encounter. This capacity to cope and feel competent is resilience.  Resilient children are hopeful [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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