Raising a confident child is key to ensuring a successful transition into adulthood. Enhancing a child’s self confidence is undoubtedly tantamount to creating healthy, stable adults. The experiences and lessons of childhood stay with us into adulthood.

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The Psychology of a
Confident Child

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Raising a confident child is key to ensuring a successful
transition into adulthood.
Enhancing a child’s self confidence is undoubtedly tantamount to
creating healthy, stable adults.

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To boost a child’s confidence, it is important that they
receive constant positive feedback.
A few simple words such as, “That’s a lovely drawing” go far in
raising self esteem.
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Children thrive on encouragement.
The world is filled with so many things that to a child
seem impossible to accomplish or understand.
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Encouraging a youngster leads to the realization that he
or she can do things and solve problems.
Confident children are permitted to stretch their limits.
If a parent rigidly chooses what a child wears every day, the child
will reach the conclusion that it is incapable of making such a
decision.
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Mistakes are a part of life. Children who are taught to
be ashamed of their mistakes will stop trying. Everyone
makes mistakes. What’s important to a child’s
psychology is to never give up.
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They learn that a temper tantrum will bring about the
desired results.
When those children grow up, they continue to act as if nothing
should thwart their every desire.
It is important for children to experience a certain amount of
frustration in order to learn how to deal with it.
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Sometimes life is unfair.
A child who understands these facts and uses them as an
opportunity to learn and grow faces life with an abundance of self-
esteem.

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