Awareness Helps

We discussed self-esteem as the key element in helping students to bully proof themselves. One concept in aiding youth to build their self-worth / confidence is through awareness of personal strengths. Sit down with your child to identify the character traits that they value and already posses. Asking questions of your child on how they demonstrate these traits can assist in validating and creating awareness of strengths.

The parent can then begin to help their child to identify character traits that they would like to develop, that are not currently being applied in their lives. Again, asking questions of the child on how they could demonstrate these traits is most useful in helping your child develop awareness around their behaviours.
 
Lastly, a technique which yields great parenting results is to view all children's traits as a gift. Traits such as stubbornness or shyness can easily be re-framed into strengths. This way the child gets to see that although stubbornness may be limiting at times, this wilful behaviour can also be a valued strength under the right conditions.
Kids who learn to love who they are, can more easily reshape their limiting traits into qualities that both enhance their lives as well as become a source of personal pride.
 
Make a great moment.
Chris

April 11, 2016