Nurturing Self-Esteem in Children: Key Strategies for Parents

1. Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning Understanding, supporting and developing. Session 3

2. Helping your child to grow

3. Self-esteem Self –esteem is the most important contribution that any adult can make to a child’s life. Going through life with low self-esteem is possible, but it is like riding a bike with flat tyres. It is the bedrock on which the majority of personality traits rest and will do more to determine a child’s future than any other single factor! In order to teach it to a child, an adult must first have it within.

4. What makes up self-esteem? There are 3 main parts that contribute to high self-esteem A sense of Self A sense of belonging A sense of personal power

5. Self–esteem is not about… Letting your child do what they want to make them happy! It is about….. Putting boundaries in place Letting them know that someone cares and that they matter even if they don’t like what you are saying e.g. “no you are not going out until midnight and I don’t care what your mates are doing!” Helping them to feel good about themselves

6. Multiple Intelligence How intelligent are you? or How are you intelligent?’

7. Multiple Intelligence

8. Maslow’s Hierarchy

9. Different ways to be intelligentFeeling good about myselfFeeling safe and that I matterUnderstanding my strengths and weaknesses Key points

10. Homework Take a Multiple Intelligence profile home with you for your child (this is one we use with students in school) and complete it together Get your child to think about famous people that they admire and what their areas of Multiple Intelligence would be Spend a little time every day with you child on your own doing something they want to do Read the Top Tips sheet!