Any parent wants the best for their children. We want them to be healthy, successful in school, have many friends, live an active life and possess the values and good manners that will make us proud. As I aged, I discovered one special quality that I have found can make such a difference in one's life - the gift of self-confidence.
As a child, I lived in a small village, went to small schools until high school, was basically quite shy, and lived a sheltered life. As my world expanded to a bigger high school and ultimately to a large university in a big city I began to witness the power of self-confidence. Each of my small successes helped me to feel more confident and more willing to try new ventures.
It is important to remember that self-confidence can be developed. It is built through positive achievements and can be shattered by negative feedback and results. It is never too early to start providing your children with opportunities for success. When they are given a new task make sure that they have a chance to succeed. Guide them and support them towards completing the task. Each successful completion adds another brick to the foundation of self-confidence. Success breeds more success, and each success builds confidence. Over a child's school career, the more times a child can feel good about completing the hundreds of challenges successfully, the more it will develop into a life long attribute.
A second method of building confidence is by developing the skills of public speaking. It can be formal or in a creative manner by becoming an "actor". An actor can assume a different persona and a child can learn to act or perform in a confident manner even if it is not initially real. This kind of practice can be carried over into real life if the student can do it convincingly. A shy person, like I was as a kid, can learn that they can project and exude confidence so effectively that others will become believers.
With self-confidence, a child can reach exceptional heights!
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