High self esteem is when a child feels important, accepted, in control and purposeful. Having healthy self esteem is to feel lovable and capable. A child with high self esteem will be proud of his or her accomplishments, assume responsibility and accountability, tolerate frustration well, be brave and confident enough to try new things, and exhibit a wide range of emotion. A parent can be challenged as to the best strategies and tools needed to promote high self esteem in a child. But it’s healthy self esteem that will help a child become an emotionally and relationally healthy adult.

Building children’s self-esteem and confidence is something in which both parents and teachers have a vested interest. Sadly not every child develops with healthy self-confidence or strong self-esteem. The reasons for this may be many, but that is for another article. What will be covered here are some tips and strategies for building children’s self–esteem and confidence that should bring good results It is never too late to start building children’s self-esteem and confidence. From the time they are infants and can make eye contact our children look to us for feedback. They smile at us and we smile back which gives them positive feedback. They role over and we are excited, so are they and on it goes. If we treat this gift we are given of having such impact on another human being’s life with respect, our child has the opportunity of growing into a confident child and than a teenager.

*Praise and encouragement: This goes without saying that we parents are the encourager for our children. We should know and seek out our child’s endeavors and praise them for the accomplishments he or she does, big or small. It means so much to a child when a busy parent takes the time to reassure, praise, and encourage. It can raise a child’s self esteem ten-fold and give them a positive attitude in life. We build our children’s self-confidence by being in tune with what they are all about. Who are they? By walking with them we are allowing our child to become what it is they are instead of what we want him to become. A parent’s support actually tells the child how much they are valued for who they are in life.*Do not compare your children with other children: This is what happens in public school every single day. Peer pressure is comparing. It is a measuring-up system that sizes up each and every child and then assigns him or her a category or label. These labels are jock, goat-roper, pothead, stoner, geek, druggie, nerd, bully, whore, and the list goes on. Young minds that are still learning and growing will do things they shouldn’t just so they can be accepted into the group and label of their choice. The good news is if our children our home educated none of this garbage exists.*Home Educate: If your child is home educated he becomes what it is he is! His character is allowed to develop in its natural way, without the consequence of another’s identity confusing him or her from mounting peer pressure. If your child is home educated his individual personality will come from his environment in the home so it is very important that this environment be well supported and preserved by the parents by being good examples. Did you know that by the age of 14 most girls in school are pressured to have sex? Isn’t it also true that there are condom dispensers in the public school hallways? It is absolutely incredible the pressure our children are subjected to every single day! Drugs, bad attitudes, liars, cheaters, rapists, scammers, and murderers abound in the schools. Isn’t this reason enough for you to take control of your child’s life?

We have to reinforce what we say and do by being consistent with what we say and do. This is the strengthening support that will establish the level of self worth in our child and what he or she does with that self worth. Whether they want to be a teacher, scientist, fireman, doctor, or archeologist, the support from us when he is young will give him the encouragement to meet his goals, ambitions, and aspirations in his life. - Click here for more information related to self esteem - self improvement Self respect