Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Believing In Oneself – It Starts at Home



Some people blame their children’s peers for their lack of confidence in themselves. Others point out that bullies make their kids feel inferior about their looks, and who they are. What they might have forgotten is that in order to raise a confident and well-balanced child, you need to start instilling in them a sense of self worth at home, and there are many ways for you to help them achieve this.

While today’s society puts a lot of stock in how a person looks, with magazines even going out of their way to alter how a model looks on its pages with the help of a photo-editing programs, you should not have your kid focus too much on this. Of course, you cannot also tell them that looking clean, neat, and presentable can be neglected. You cannot tell them that looks do not matter. Balance is the key to raising a child that is confident and is well centered.

Teaching your kids confidence in themselves by being as presentable as they can be with clothes that suit them, and in believing in what they are capable of, despite what others may say or think. How do you do this? You can start by giving them what they need in order to help them build up their confidence in themselves. This includes clothing that suits them, talks about balancing looks with smarts, and telling them that they are special no matter what.

As they grow up, help them see themselves as good looking, neat, and well-dressed individuals with the help of mirrors. Invest in a good mirror that they can grow up with, one that they can see themselves from head to foot in. They can use this mirror to develop their own fashion sense (with some help from you, of course), and do not discourage them or ridicule them when they come up with mismatched clothing the first few times. Teach them how to dress fashionably but without using ridicule as a tool.

Tell them that looking neat and clean is a good thing, and that they should always strive to look as neat and clean as possible. That while you are aiming for them to not center themselves on how they look, but rather on what they are capable of, you don’t want them to become an outcast either with an attitude that tells others that they don’t care about how they look. Confidence is not only about them knowing that they are special and that they are smart, but it is also about them seeing that they can look good as well.
 
 

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