Tips On How To Help Your Child Develop A Positive Self-Esteem

The Problem With Global Praising

The backlash for giving lots of global praise can result in the child feeling doubtful about themselves and their abilities, and can even cause them to question their capabilities. It causes the child to either give up half-way through completing an activity or with the child not even attempting the task at all. This is the result of global praising as the child will begin to believe they are only worthy when they win or do something that is considered right, so they can become undone when they don’t win and achieve the same results as before. Hence, the child becomes confused on how to replicate the same action from before to receive praise from their parents.

Now let’s discover why specific praising is essential to developing a child’s self-esteem.