Title: How to Build Confidence in Kids – Big Life Journal
Headings: 25 Things You Can Do Right Now To Build a Child’s Confidence
25 Things You Can Do Right Now To Build a Child’s Confidence
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1. Ensure they know your love is unconditional.
2. Practice positive self-talk with them.
3. Address them by their name.
4. Give them age-appropriate “special tasks” to help you out.
5. Join their play (and let them lead).
6. Focus on improving your own confidence.
7. Ask them for their advice or opinion.
8. Make special time together.
9. Teach them how to set and achieve goals.
10. Set aside time when you give them undivided attention.
11. Encourage them to try a theater class.
12. Praise them the right way.
13. Let them overhear you speaking positively about them to others.
14. Resist comparing them to others.
15. Give age-appropriate tasks around the house or classroom.
16. Cultivate their sense of belonging by hanging their portraits or artwork around the home or classroom.
17. Let them make age-appropriate choices.
18. Encourage them to try new things to develop new skills.
19. Help them discover their interests and passions.
20. Help them overcome the fear of failure.
21. Encourage them to express their feelings.
22. Make sure they know you’re upset with their choices, not with who they are.
23. Surround them with positive, confident people (including their friends).
24. Create a Wall of Fame to recognize their achievements.
25. Shower them with hugs!
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Content: This also helps children build confidence by demonstrating that even adults need help sometimes, and it’s okay to ask for it. 8. Make special time together. Love and acceptance are key components of confidence and self-worth, so parents should spend quality time with their children to demonstrate that they are valuable. Take him on outings, eat dinner together, play games, go outside, or do any other activity that allows you and your child to enjoy time together. Teachers can help children feel loved and accepted by getting to know students’ interests or hobbies and making a point of having personalized conversations with each child, like, “How was your soccer game yesterday, Sarah?” or, “I think you might like this book about dinosaurs, Timmy.” 9. Teach them how to set and achieve goals. Setting and achieving challenging, realistic goals can help children feel more capable.