Parents: If You Want Your Child To Grow Up To Be A Confident Adult, Promote Self-esteem

Many people have self-esteem issues, perhaps because their parents lacked the knowledge to foster self-esteem as children.

From an early age of our children, it’s our duty to worry about one of the biggest puzzles in life: self-confidence issues.

“To educate a child is not to teach him something that he did not know, but to make him someone who did not exist”.

-John Ruskin-

Parents always want to protect their children from the hardships they may face, even though they know they won’t always be able to.

This type of difficulty, linked to having to “face society”, multiply as the child grows.

So, giving them the right tools beforehand to enable them to face these difficulties is one of the best things we can do for our children.

Among these tools are good self-esteem in children, coupled with a good method to maintain it.

Promote self-esteem in children by setting an example

Children will always imitate your attitudes, your way of speaking, and the respect you can show to others.

As long as you are concerned about giving your child a good education and teaching him how to behave as well as how to treat others, if you yourself do not adopt the right behaviors, your child will not learn anything.

So, if you want the education you give your child to bear fruit, be a role model for him.

It will also allow him to foster his self-esteem, because if you are a very positive and cheerful person, they too will be in the future, or at least aspire to be.

Pay attention to your attitude at this point: are you a person who complains all the time and for everything? Are you more positive or more negative in the face of difficulties and adversities? All of this your child perceives.

Remember, it’s like a sponge, and it absorbs everything.

So, if you want to foster your child’s self-esteem, the first thing you need to do is take care of your own self-esteem.

Working on it and having strong self-confidence will help you give your child the example they deserve. Think that whatever you are, you will pass it on to him.

Helping a child to love themselves more is a powerful tool they will thank you for in the future.

In addition, all of this will make you feel much better about yourself, and you will see the positive effects in the way you educate your child.

Most negative people may try to ‘hurt’ their children by only giving importance to what they are doing wrong or throwing harsh words at them, such as words like ” you are useless ”or even“ you are stupid ”; that doesn’t make them great role models.

If you want your child to have strong self-esteem, show them that the result isn’t what matters most.

Focus on his efforts, give him courage and never crush him with words that will do nothing more than destroy him and sow sadness in him.

Put yourself in his place; how would you have liked your parents to behave with you, in the same situation?

The secret is unconditional love

Should your child earn your love? To think so is a big mistake, because whatever he does, your child must know that you will always love him.

This way, you will prevent him tomorrow from seeing himself as an insecure person who needs the approval of others to feel in tune with what he is doing, saying or thinking.

For all of these reasons, don’t be afraid that your child will make mistakes, make mistakes, or have bad grades.

It’s all about learning, and you weren’t always perfect when you were little, either. Teach your child about responsibility, without losing sight of the value of effort.

Don’t exaggerate his successes either, as it could end up backfiring.

If you want to boost your child’s self-esteem, you need to give them time, and quality time.

There’s no point being by your child’s side if you don’t pay attention to them and are only focused on your own issues.

Your child needs you to be there for them, they need to know they can count on you.

Self-esteem in children is only one responsibility; that of the parents.

Of course, fostering self-esteem in children requires the establishment of certain limits; limits are fundamental in the learning of the little ones, because thanks to them, they will know how far they can go, what are their strengths and what are their weaknesses. In addition, he will be able to have greater self-confidence.

Being a parent is a very big responsibility, which is why we cannot just focus on the present moment.

Your child may be fine today, but if you are not a role model for him, if you educate him with contradictions, and / or if you do not give him the necessary love, it may be that tomorrow, everything is different for him.

It is an effort which, for the present as well as for the future, is worth it.