Building your child’s self esteem and ego need not be as difficult as you think it is.

How to build your child’s self esteem and confidence:

We all want happy and confident children. Confidence does not happen overnight, it is many actions piled on top of one another to get to a strong sense of self and true confidence. It does not need to be hard, yet your actions should be consistent.

How do you begin?

Start by allowing children to to see that they can do things.

Do not step in for your child Allow them to handle disappointment, disagreements and tasks as long as it is reasonable and appropriate. Make sure your expectations are realistic. When children see they can accomplish a task or take care of an issue or problem they feel a sense of achievement and inner satisfaction.

When they ask you for assistance, ask them how they would do something.

Allow children to try something out, let them learn and think for themselves.

Allow them to try.

Compliment their effort and acknowledge their hard work.

Give proper praise that is specific and not just the typical “Good job”. Make sure it is genuine, children can sense right away when an adult is being sarcastic or is lying.

Build your child’s strengths and talents.

Building one’s strengths helps a child feel good about themselves and shows children that they can do something.

Give to others.

When children learn to help others and perform good deeds it makes them feel good about themselves and boosts their self esteem that they are someone who is good and has what to offer to others.

Confidence very much is a sense of feeling good about oneself, which comes from inner satisfaction. When one views them-self as someone of value and can help others and themselves their self esteem will climb.