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Self esteem may increase when parents
make children feel loved, show respect for and involvement with their interests, help them think about things they’ve experienced, and help them understand how they feel about those events than by any kind of praise.
Children at this age receive many forms of feedback that are
more goal directed and less inflated
Research shown that spending 5-10 minutes a day of individual quality time PER child has
numerous social-emotional benefits
In middle childhood children do what some call "co-regulate"
parent exercises oversight, while children enjoy autonomy of making day to day decisions and experiencing related emotions
Respect child and foster independence
give responsibilities, choices
Eriksons 4th psychosocial stage
Industry versus Inferiority
They instead may develop a sense of ‘inferiority , as a
self evaluation and relative to their peers
Children’s relationships with parents and teachers are important in
the development of industry vs inferiority
Contrastingly, a child who does not develop a sense of “industry” may
view themselves as incapable or unable to accomplish.
Children with a sense of industry may tell themselves
that if they work hard, use their knowledge and skills, they can be productive.
Children with a sense of industry are
curious and interested in how things are made, understanding facts , and acquiring skills including academic skills.
Acknowledge and validate
Focus on the process and not the outcome
Acknowledge and validate Feelings of frustration or low self-worth
Set realistic goals
Do NOT overly deny and/ or praise. Be realistic to the situation.
Demonstrate success
Set up opportunities for child success. Allow opportunities for child to demonstrate what they have learned, remind child of prior successes or “anchors”
Independence and autonomy
Respect child and foster independence – give responsibilities, choices.
Belongingness
Create environments that lead children to be aware of and embrace their unique
Parents should invest in
their relationship with their child
Meaningful, consistent and accurate praise and support help with
development of coping mechanisms, resiliency in times of stress, fosters independence and positive self-worth
Compliment and support process over
outcome
In school-age confidence in own abilities
wavers and often declines initially.
Self-esteem is also referred to as
self-worth or self-image
Self esteem:
how you FEEL about your self-concept / attributes
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