Comments on: How to Raise a Confident Child

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 01:41:10 +0000

LOVE the specific compliments idea! As a teacher, that’s something I do to cultivate a happy/safe classroom environment, as well as good behavior from my students (positive reinforcement, if you will). As a mom I find myself saying “you’re so cute!” to my 9 month old daughter all the time. I know she’s not old enough to really understand that yet, but this was a good reminder for me to focus on her character and things she does, rather than just her looks.
Also love the age appropriate chores!!! My parents never required my sister and I to do chores much outside of cleaning our rooms. However, I think it’s important to do. It shows teamwork, reality of life, and it helps with a sense of pride and accomplishment.
Thanks for sharing!

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 11:39:14 +0000

Very thoughtful post, I like the 3rd one and is something I try to remember and incorporate.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:00:53 +0000

Hello! I love this article, and with my four year old boy, wonder if it’s too late! I know, he is 4, and kids are resilient, but I’m often too hard on him. I want him to learn the ropes and make his life easier, but I also want him to be creative and original! Is there a happy medium?

By: Sagarika Sahana

Sagarika Sahana — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:05:06 +0000

When it comes to raising our child with confidence, it will certainly be our pulling-the-socks-up duty to nurture them with virtues & stuffs that would always last with them even they would grow and take their selves up there in society; in responsible state. It is how we grow our child with a lot more tips that will likely tell how confident they would be; the tips displayed herein are just amazing and sound so justifying. Rightly inspiring them for what they actually do, not overprotecting them; caring and encouraging for right things they do and helping them with their life goals – are important protocols to get them confident enough; correct!

By: Aliece

Aliece — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:30:37 +0000

In reply to Rebekah Hall. Additionally the phrase "good job" is feed back that can be hard to repeat because it is not specific enough. When criticism or praise includes exactly what you liked or would like to see more of, the recipient's ability to repeat the behavior increases. Saying "excellent work on starting to make your bed all by your self" is so much more exact than "good job" and allows your little learner to repeat or even generalize that aspect of the task for continued success else where.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:17:13 +0000

Thanks for this post-very interesting and great to hear that (most of) what we’re doing is going the right direction 🙂

By: Andi

Andi — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:18:47 +0000

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this post and the approach you have. I don’t have kids, so I try not to judge the extremely challenge (and rewarding) task it is to raise kids! I see so many parents coddling their children and by the time they are adults they don’t know how to deal with the world! I love your tips for building confidence, because you are teaching them to be strong confident individuals without the coddling!

By: Alida TheRealisticMama

Alida TheRealisticMama — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:36:28 +0000

In reply to Janine Halloran. So glad you found us, it was so sweet of her to feature us. Sounds like you are doing a great job with your kids and opening to learning and growing - love!

By: Janine Halloran

Janine Halloran — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:15:21 +0000

Thanks for these ideas! So glad I found this on mama reads monday! In my family, I’ve been working on some of these including chores (sometimes successfully, sometimes not), but I love the idea of working on setting goals! I’m going to start working on that!!

By: Alida TheRealisticMama

Alida TheRealisticMama — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 01:00:14 +0000

In reply to Mel. Thanks for stopping by (and thanks for the pin)! Sounds like you are doing a great job providing support and a healthy environment for your daughter to grow, keep up the hard work mama!