Allow Your Kids To Make Mistakes

Healthy self-esteem is achieved when children are allowed to find their way, figure out who they are and how to solve their own problems.

Allow your kids to make mistakes, suffer the consequences and solve their own problems.

Let them know you value effort rather than perfection. Children can miss out on lots because they don’t try, because they are too anxious about not ‘succeeding’.

Encourage them to try new challenges, and celebrate them for it. Phrases like “Well done, that was hard, and you managed it,” are good. Make the steps small at first, then increase the challenges.

Help them set goals and make plans for things they’d like to accomplish. Keeping track builds good feelings about each milestone achieved.

Let them know they should not to be afraid to voice their ideas and opinions. It’s ok when people disagree, we all see things differently.

Give praise for their successes, and don’t focus on areas where they have not done so well. Get into the habit of asking them about three good things that went well today.

Reassure them it’s OK to make mistakes and that it’s all part of life. Getting it wrong is not the end of the world and happens to everyone and it’s how we learn.

Help children discover and develop their talents, through clubs, groups and activities. Finding something they are good at provides a huge boost to their feelings of self-worth. Encourage them to express themselves creatively, through art, drama or music.

Get them involved with voluntary or community projects that make a difference to someone else to develop a more positive opinion of themselves.

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