One of the most important qualities a child needs, to give them greater chances of being successful in life, is self-confidence. Most children who lack self-confidence are shy to try new things or take healthy risks because they're afraid of failing or being ridiculed. But a confident child will have a good appetite for learning and will be eager to explore their curiosity, which will ultimately give them better capacity at managing situations.

As your child grows up, you can help mould them into confident learners and equip them with an appetite for success, by doing the following...

1) Do not do everything for them.

If you do all the work for your child, whether it is home chores or school assignments, you suppress their capacity to develop solutions to problems by themselves. From time to time stand aside and let them do it by themselves.

2) Make them know that you are proud of their efforts.

Winning feels good, but even when they lose, let them know that the effort they made is so wonderful, then give them tips on what they could have done to get a better outcome. If you shout them down for losing, you make them less willing to try next time. Be their cheerleader.

3) When you give them a task, don't always insist on doing it your own way.

If you always set the rules on how something must be done, you could end up negatively affecting your child's ability to think outside the box. You'll improve their discretion if you'll let them figure for themselves how to get it done. Yes, they could get things messy once in a while, but they'll be the better for it.

4) Words are everything

Kids are very sensitive to words. How your words are framed, especially when they make mistakes, is so important. Instead of saying, "this is really terrible", rather say, "if you do it this way the result would be better". Learn to absorb your emotions when they mess up. Give your scoldings a complimentary face.

This list is by no means exhaustive, but the whole point is that how you handle your child's experiences growing up has a lot to do with how well they are able to take life's opportunities and be successful at it.





What was your experience growing up? Do you think you could have turned out better if your parents were a bit more supportive? Let's share in the comments section.













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