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How Parents Affects Their Child's Self-Esteem

Parents have a significant impact on their child's self-esteem through their words and actions. Negative comparisons to other children, criticism of abilities and skills, and basing worth on grades can lower a child's self-esteem. In contrast, having faith in children, focusing on positives, and accepting mistakes without overreaction helps build confidence and encourages risk-taking. Strong self-esteem is important for children to overcome challenges and believe in themselves.

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How Parents Affects Their Child's Self-Esteem

Parents have a significant impact on their child's self-esteem through their words and actions. Negative comparisons to other children, criticism of abilities and skills, and basing worth on grades can lower a child's self-esteem. In contrast, having faith in children, focusing on positives, and accepting mistakes without overreaction helps build confidence and encourages risk-taking. Strong self-esteem is important for children to overcome challenges and believe in themselves.

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Lyka B.

Creus
10-Wisdom
How Parents Affects Their Child’s Self-Esteem

“Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be”, that
was a quote by David Bly which stated that parenting is a “do what I do” endeavor, so
what parents do and say will have an impact on how their children behave and feel.
Good day and my warmest greetings to everyone. I am Lyka B. Creus, standing in front
of you to discuss this topic which is how a parent affected their child’s self-esteem and
what are the possible implications of this to the child.
“Wala ka nang ginawang tama!”, ”Bakit hindi mo gayahin si ano?”,”Sana siya
nalang ang naging anak ko”, ”Wala na bang itataas yan?sayang lang pagpapaaral
namin sayo”. These are some of the phrases I’ve often heard parents say to their
children. Honestly, I feel bad for the children when a parent believes they are not good
enough despite the fact that they are making every effort to make their parents proud of
them. The best thing a parent can do to boost confidence of their children is to have
faith in them, but some parents diminish their own child’s esteem by making
comparisons that cause their children to be more anxious and insecure and as a result,
their children begin to believe that they are unworthy. A child needs a lot of positive
attention and care while they are still developing, so parents should concentrate on the
positive aspects rather than making comparisons to other children. On the other hand,
when parents make negative comments about their children' skills and abilities or
personal characteristics, the child will feel unimportant and totally unappreciated, which
lowers their self-esteem and makes them worried of disappointment. In this case,
parents should make an effort to put their own egos aside and put the child's needs first.
In addition to having a negative effect on the child, basing a parent's appraisal of their
child's intelligence on grade point average can lead to the child believing that they are
stupid because of their poor performance, which will cause them to perform poorly in
school and in life in general, regardless of their true potential. Due to parents' high
expectations, overreacting to a child's mistakes also frightened them and made them
less likely to take risks in the future.
To sum up, strong self-esteem encourages children to overcome challenges, try
new things, and believe in themselves. Parents' interactions with their children have a
significant impact on how their children develop self-esteem in their lives. The more a
parent communicates positively and models accepting responsibility for negative
behaviors, the more they can influence their child to do the same and gain self-esteem
in the process.

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