We all want to raise a confident child do we not? We all want the best for our children and that means raising them to be happy and self-assured. While we are not experts, we would like you to consider these three tips that we employ in our classes to help increase your child’s confidence.
- Concentrate on the good – Children (and adults!) make mistakes. Instead of dwelling on what went wrong help your child work through the problem and find a way to solve it. Guiding them to make their own choices builds sureness in their decision making skills. Which leads into…
- Don’t save your child – Sometimes we need to take a step back and let them stumble for them to figure out how to find their way. It can be the hardest thing for a parent to do but the sense of accomplishment they will feel in solving the problem themselves helps to build feelings of self-worth, competence and assurance that they can figure things out on their own.
- Stick with what they start – Whether it is problem solving or learning a new skill encourage your child to see it through until the end. It may be figuring out a tough math problem or finishing out the season of a sport, but learning that completion is an integral part of the puzzle and following through again gives them a sense of achievement.
What do you think? Do you have any tips you would like to share?