Food For Thought on Child Self-Esteem

The case study I was working on tonight reminded me of a child seminar that Tracy and I taught on child and family self-esteem. One thing that stood out me was giving your child responsiblities/ disciplines in the home, his school, a musical talent (they were asked to come up to the class and tell a skill they've learned and what they are working on next to increase their skill, and who they are going to learn from giving them gratitude and thankfulness for teaching them that skill), sportsmanship, serving the church, and the community in some capacity in order to give him or her a proper self-esteem. Children with proper self-esteem are more likely to work well with others and learn emotional intelligence and contribute more to others. They will less likely be timid, over-confident, stagnant, demanding, or bratty. They will have more of a well-balanced temperament and attitude and be more apt to have initiative (which essentially is one who has leadership servant skills) if they are taught to serve and work well with others as a child.---- Food For Thought!