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Raising ChildrenHow
do we go about raising children who are optimistic, positive,
respectful and cheerful,and who have great child self esteem?
The following articles address some of these questions about raising children. Click on the links to find the pages. Raising Children: Raising Confident Kids Confidence comes about through experience - Experience comes about by doing it yourself. Don't do it for them - step back and allow your children the opportunities to get the experience for themselves.  Children and Self Esteem Learning new skills and gaining mastery over themselves are great ways to improve self esteem in children. However, children learn best when they know it for themselves by their own experience. Boosting self esteem by telling them they are great kids is no substitute for gaining this knowledge through their own personal experience. Increasing Concentration How do we help our children increase concentration and develop a wider attention span? What benefit does increasing concentration bring? Concentration is about focused attention. Concentration assists us in study and understanding - improves our memory, and helps us focus on the task, activity or goal, so that we become more efficient. We can gain mastery over our worries and thoughts and therefore become more emotionally resilient. Anxiety in Children - Child Safety tips Learning these child safety tips and rehearsing their use regularly is one way to help combat anxiety in children and to promote greater self control and confidence. Whining kids - Sometimes it's when kids are at their worst that we need to be at our best. Whining is one of the most annoying behaviors parents have to put up with. So what do you do when your child is in a whiny mood and nothing helps? Children Reading How to encourage, support and endorse children reading so that it becomes their passion? A large part of the key to this, is your attitude as parents towards books and reading. Positive Self Talk Teaching communication skills to children includes teaching them about positive self talk. It is extremely beneficial while raising children to show them positive ways of thinking, and how to recognize that inner message voice of self talk.  Low Self Esteem Signs Parents are often first alerted to low self esteem signs in their children when their child mentions falling out with another child at school. Or maybe your child's teacher mentions that your child has become withdrawn or stopped socialising with particular friends. Children, Obesity and Self Esteem Because children learn through observation, there is a close connection between children obesity and self esteem. Children observe the messages that are played out through their family's beliefs about size, shape, weight and self esteem. These messages can be implicit or explicit, silent or discussed, portrayed shamelessly or hidden. Whichever way they are displayed, they are observed and taken into the minds of our children. Aggression in Children Aggression in children is part of their normal pattern of development. Two year olds lack social skills, are totally egocentric and have few communication skills. Therefore they act aggressively when things don't go their way - they lash out, bite, kick, hit and punch - all highly embarrassing to their parents. Spanking Children Huge debates rage about spanking children in countries all over the world at present. Many people use as their evidence 'for' spanking, that they themselves were spanked as children and it did them no harm. On the other hand, many can tell absolute horror stories of the punishments meted out to them by 'loving' parents. Kids Fighting Why are my kids fighting with each other? There are many different reasons for kids to start fighting - but very often it is boredom that is the main reason. Many parents find that rainy days during the school holidays are when their children fight the most. Kids fighting happens in all families and is another of the delights of raising children! Building Resilience in Children How do we go about building resilience in children? Resilience is another way of describing emotional stamina. For our children to have this mastered, we have to have allowed them opportunities for mastery. This means stretching them at times, encouraging them towards situations that may mean failing at first so that they can search for and find that inner toughness that allows them to bounce back and to try again. Children and Chores Children chores, attitude and responsibility is the subject of much debate. Some parents ask if children should do chores, believing that it's not their responsibility to cook or clean. Other parents believe that children learn responsibility and necessary experience for life by regularly doing their part in household chores. 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