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Super Self-esteem
5 Tips for a More Confident Child
By Joy Frost
Talk About Life and the World in Positive Terms
Share stories with your children of your happy childhood experiences. Talk about the things you love about them and the other people that they know. Talk and read about heroes who model traits of honesty, perseverance and respect. Read about people who have overcome adversity to achieve beyond anyone's expectations. Allow your children to hear you express admiration for those you respect and admire. Watch What They See on Television
Avoid putting news TV on when your child is present. Even though there is much negativity in the world, don't dwell on it with your child. If you must watch the news on TV or listen on the car radio, do it when your child cannot hear it. A child can be negatively affected by events over which he/she has no control and does not understand. When the United States entered the Gulf War in 1991, at 9 p.m. EST, we watche the bombs flare in Baghdad on television. Just 11 hours later, by 8 a.m. the next morning, my kindergarteners were making guns out of Unifix Cubes and pretending to shoot one another. Why did they need to know about the war?