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Boost Your Child's Self Confidence

Confidence is a word that is very hard to define. Partly a belief in
your own capabilities, confidence is also a belief in the value of
yourself as a person. How your child views himself will determine much
of his activities, that's why it is important that you play your
part in boosting his confidence.
*Acknowledge his accomplishments*

Popular parenting practices have parents thinking that children must
be given praise with every little accomplishment. This may seem good
at first, but it will lose its effectiveness in the long run as the
child learns that they'll be praised no matter what they do. Rather
offer encouragement and support, reserving praise for the real
accomplishments.

*Build on their strengths*

Whether your child is a budding artist, great with a ball, or has a
beautiful singing voice, you can use those strengths to boost your
child's confidence. It's actually much better when children within
the same family show different talents and are recognized for it. Make
it a point to encourage your children's individual differences, let
them excel at their own field, making them fit the same mold will only
repress their talents.

*Help Them Cope With their Limitations*

There will always be something that your child is good at, and
something he's terrible at helping them accept and work on their
limitations will encourage them to try new things even though they
might not be good at it at first. It can be humiliating in the playing
field if your child knows next to nothing about pitching a ball, but
just because they're terrible at it doesn't mean that they should
totally stop doing it, the least you can do is teach them the basics
so they can at least play decently. Once they see that anything can be
improved as long they keep practicing then they would be more
forgiving of their limitations and be more open to new challenges.

*Guide by example*

How you behave would be the measure of your own child's behavior. By
having confidence in yourself and your abilities, and being willing to
work hard to learn new skills and overcome obstacles, you show your
child the value of believing in themselves.

*Nobody's perfect*

Over confident children can be as devastated by mistakes and failure
as children who lack confidence. Show them that it's okay to make a
mistake as long as you learn from it, and try again.

Having confidence would hold your child together through the rough
times of daycare, high school and the real world. Guide them,
encourage them, and let them know that no matter what, you love them.

There's nothing better than the smell of warm, fresh bread right out
of the oven. Rather than spending hours in the kitchen, most cooks now
use bread machines such as the Panasonic SD-YD250 to create delectable
breads, pizzas, cakes and cookies.