How to Super-Boost Your Child’s Self-Esteem

Summary

Do you want to be the kindest and most understanding parent you can be? Do you want your children to be confident and have good self-esteem? Have you ever wondered why it is we fall into the trap of being the parents we swore we would never be?

Well there are two main reasons.

1. Parenting is the hardest job we ever have to do and the one job we have no training in.
2. Parenting isn’t easy. Kids will be kids. They can be demanding and a worry and under stress. It’s human nature to fall back into your comfort zone and do what your parents would have done to you.

The purpose of this audio recording by clinical psychologist Dr. Janet Hall is to focus on understanding the nature of self-esteem so that you the parent can best support your child in building strong confidence, which endures and lasts in spite of life’s tough times.

Parents will learn:

• How stress effects parenting;
• How to offer self-esteem “damage control”;
• How to identify a “toxic” parent;
• How to help your child cope with failure; and
• That good self-esteem doesn’t rely on consistent successes.

Parents can’t and shouldn’t try to protect their children from upsets and learning experiences. In fact, they grow in maturity and self-esteem when they know they’ve put in their best effort even if they didn’t succeed in the eyes of the external world. 

There are three key aspects of self-esteem.

Being capable is about saying, “I can make a difference,” even if it’s just painting a lovely picture with a real paint brush at age four. 

Being connected is simply belonging.

Being worthwhile is about knowing that, “I’m okay no matter what.”

So the key phrase for us to learn is, “I’m capable, I belong, and I’m okay.”