Title: How can you help your child develop confidence, resourcefulness, and capability?
Headings: 12 Tips To Raise a Competent Child
12 Tips To Raise a Competent Child
1. Let him try to do it himself from the earliest age.
"Look at you way up there! Wow!"
2. Help her build confidence by tackling manageable challenges with your assistance.
3. Don't test him.
4. Empathize with your child's excitement about achievements, instead of evaluating her.
5. Praise effort, not results.
6. Encourage mistakes.
7. Don’t set him up for failure.
8. Teach self-encouragement.
9. Model positive self-talk.
10. Manage frustrating circumstances.
11. Affirm your child’s ability to impact the world.
12. Foster Responsibility, Good Judgment, Optimism and Persistence
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Content: When we make a big deal about kids' achievements, they feel evaluated, and they often worry so much about performance  that they refuse even to try new things. Instead: Comment on what she did that was successful: " You kept trying until you got it. I love how you never give up!" Empathize with the excitement she feels about her discovery or her achievement: " Wow! You figured out how to do that!" Encourage: " That's a hard puzzle piece, but I see you trying every space to see where it fits.