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5 Ways to Develop Your Child's Self Esteem
Author: Angie Lewis
I have been profoundly blessed with three sons. They are almost all
grown up, and it makes me absolutely miserable to think that in a few
years I won’t have my three big guys around the home forever and that
saddens my heart. I’m very close with my sons because I have had the
most wonderful opportunity to home educate them. My sons have never
stepped foot in a public school. They are still virgins; they don’t
cuss, smoke, drink, or do drugs of any kind. They are polite,
respectful, intelligent, and honest young men.
Did you know that in general home-educated children have better
self-images? If your child is home schooled there is no bullying going
on, no drugs being offered, no bad crowds, no sexual temptations, and no
peer pressure for them to contend to. It’s great! Here are five ways to
develop your child’s self esteem.
1. Home Educate:
If your child is home educated he becomes what it is he is! His
character is allowed to develop in its natural way, without the
consequence of another’s identity confusing him or her from mounting
peer pressure. If your child is home educated his individual personality
will come from his environment in the home so it is very important that
this environment be well supported and preserved by the parents by being
good examples.
Did you know that by the age of 14 most girls in school are pressured to
have sex? Isn’t it also true that there are condom dispensers in the
public school hallways? It is absolutely incredible the pressure our
children are subjected to every single day! Drugs, bad attitudes, liars,
cheaters, rapists, scammers, and murderers abound in the schools. Isn’t
this reason enough for you to take control of your child’s life?
2. Parents have confidence in their abilities:
If a parent lacks self-confidence to teach their children at home they
will probably feel uneasy about home schooling and not do anything about
it. I felt uneasy teaching my sons at first too, but I knew that it was
the right thing to do for them and our family. I was right. And you will
be right too.
Did you know that with the right encouragement and positive affirmations
the home-educated child can achieve anything and everything his heart
desires? He will not have an attitude problem, low self-worth, sexual
temptations, or addictions standing in his way. Ask any mother or dad
who home-schools.
It doesn’t take a college degree to teach your children the basics of
learning Math, Science, and English. What is does take though is a
parent who wants to see their child become all that they can become in
life! What I’m saying is ANYONE can teach his or her child at home. You
can teach your child in one day what it takes the public school system
in a month!
Home education is much more then having your nose in a textbook though.
It is about giving your child what most children don’t get in public
school, self worth! Parents can give their children the excellent
self-image that is missing in society today by taking the time to teach,
encourage, and praise their child’s efforts. Parents can be the promoter
and supporter of what their child becomes in life. You can educate your
child at home and become a better person/parent because of it. You
really can!
3. Do not compare your children with other children:
This is what happens in public school every single day. Peer pressure is
comparing. It is a measuring-up system that sizes up each and every
child and then assigns him or her a category or label. These labels are
jock, goat-roper, pothead, stoner, geek, druggie, nerd, bully, whore,
and the list goes on. Young minds that are still learning and growing
will do things they shouldn’t just so they can be accepted into the
group and label of their choice. The good news is if our children our
home educated none of this garbage exists.
4. Praise and encouragement:
This goes without saying that we parents are the encourager for our
children. We should know and seek out our child’s endeavors and praise
them for the accomplishments he or she does, big or small. It means so
much to a child when a busy parent takes the time to reassure, praise,
and encourage. It can raise a child’s self esteem ten-fold and give them
a positive attitude in life.
We build our children’s self-confidence by being in tune with what they
are all about. Who are they? By walking with them we are allowing our
child to become what it is they are instead of what we want him to
become. A parent’s support actually tells the child how much they are
valued for who they are in life.
5. Positive reinforcement:
We have to reinforce what we say and do by being consistent with what we
say and do. This is the strengthening support that will establish the
level of self worth in our child and what he or she does with that self
worth. Whether they want to be a teacher, scientist, fireman, doctor, or
archeologist, the support from us when he is young will give him the
encouragement to meet his goals, ambitions, and aspirations in his life.
About the Author:
Angie Lewis offers spiritual enlightenment tips for couples in marriage,
and is the author of JOURNEY ON THE ROADS LESS TRAVELED.
This unique book is about love, life, marriage, children, addiction,
temptation, and understanding the power of spiritual awareness for your
marriage.
In her book, Angie reveals her own journey of overcoming addiction and
battling with her negative emotions that she allowed to embrace her life
and marriage.
Angie Lewis offers spiritual enlightenment tips
for couples in marriage, and is the author of JOURNEY ON THE ROADS LESS TRAVELED.
This unique book is about love, life, marriage, children, addiction,
temptation, and understanding the power of spiritual awareness for your marriage.
In her book, Angie reveals her own journey of overcoming addiction and battling
with her negative emotions that she allowed to embrace her life and marriage.
To find out more about this book click here,
http://www.spiritual.journeybooks.4t.com/
ISBN 1413788904 Available Amazon online!
Angie Lewis counsels couples and writes a monthly newsletter where she reveals her secrets on how YOU can stay happily married for life!
Subscribe to get your FREE monthly newsletter so you can stay happily and forever married!
http://www.heavenministries.com/
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