In today’s world, being a confident adult is a challenging task. You’re constantly bombarded with messages to have a bigger house, a nicer car, a perfect family, a high powered career, and ravishing good looks. All of these standards are impossible to achieve– but that doesn’t mean that being confident is impossible! Being confident means that you are happy with who you are, no matter what your current situation. It’s about being true to yourself, bouncing back from mistakes, and being brave enough to make decisions and stand by them. One path to having more confident adults is by raising confident children. Some kids are naturally shy and not easily self-assured. Linz at Cuegly has some awesome tips on raising confident kids:
I am ME! And that’s who I want to be: Asking your child what they LOVE about themselves and what others love about them can help them realize their talents and what makes them so special.
Never say never! (or- I can’t). Nothing breaks your heart more when your child says “I CAN’T” and then hangs their head. That phrase isn’t aloud in my home. We say: “I need to try again!”
Put your SILLY on. Encourage your child to be silly. That means that you need to let your child be silly and also participate and laugh along! But encouraging them also means that if you have a child like mine who is already too embarrassed to be silly, even in front of family, you need to be silly FIRST.
Art and Create. Being creative is probably the best way to express your self, be different and a GREAT opportunity for you to praise their expressions. Display it, love it, and do it again.
These are only a tiny fraction of Linz’s awesome tips. Read the entire post to see all 40.