Jul 4, 2017
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If your child is getting more than an hour of screen time a day, the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) says it’s too much.
Leapteen can control screen time for children using cell phone...learn more: www.leapteen.com
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screen time
If your child is getting more than an hour of screen time a day, the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) says it’s too much.
Leapteen can control screen time for children using cell phone...learn more: www.leapteen.com
8 Tips For Raising Girls with Confidence BY GUEST WRITER
1. Lead by example and learn to like yourself. We have a tendency to compare ourselves to others, contrasting the worst things we know about ourselves to the best things we know about others. The inevitable outcome always leads to feelings of inadequacy and despair. Tell yourself that you can’t possibly be making a fair comparison. If you treat yourself well and believe in your capability, then your daughter will follow suit. By showing and teaching her to like herself and speak to herself kindly (no negative or self deprecating comments), she will feel better in her own skin.
2. Create leadership opportunities and help her believe she is capable. You don’t need to already have the ability to do something, you just have to believe that you can figure it out, learn, practice and not give up. A great way to help your daughter understand this concept is by creating leadership opportunities at home. Whether it is planning grandma’s birthday celebration or just involving her in everyday choices, simple occasions to lead herself and others can have a major impact on her budding self esteem. Give your daughter the opportunity to practice decision-making skills. Let her choose which chores she wants to do for the week, what she wears to school, and how she wears her hair. When parents trust girls to make decisions, girls internalize the message that they are capable.
3. Remind her where to focus and let her follow her own dreams. This is not the “fake it ’til you make it” approach; rather, teach your daughter to focus on those things that she wants in her life, not the things that she doesn’t want. When she begins to shift her focus to her wants and goals, she will begin to attract more of “the good stuff” into her life. Encourage her to speak up for her beliefs. Commend her for her grit and resiliency. Above all, tell her that you believe in her. The more she hears it from you, the more she will believe in herself.
4. Show respect for her point of view and love her unconditionally.Listening to your daughter more than you lecture her and being open to changing your point of view based on what she has said will go a long way in building her confidence. She will see that what she thinks and says matters and has the power to change a situation. Girls will face ups and downs as they grow and will experience successes and failures. Whether or not they believe they can be successful and recover from their failures is largely determined by the amount of unconditional love and support they receive at home every single day.
5. Help someone. One of the most important steps to finding self-confidence is to give yourself to others. Serving another person almost always results in the healthy realization that you are important in this world, that you have something to offer, and that the world is more beautiful because of your presence. Research has shown that helping others can increase one’s self-esteem. Giving back often forces girls to get out of their comfort zone. When the only person that they have to disappoint is themselves, they are more likely to stay inside their shell. When their actions have a direct impact on the lives of others, they are more likely to step up – and as they do, they will see that they are capable of much more than they imagined.
6. Help her develop a strong emotional vocabulary. Many people lack the ability to communicate emotions, but it is the key to both understanding others and being understood. So much conflict and misunderstanding could be avoided if we knew how to express our emotions. Teach your daughter to share her feelings and ask for what she needs to resolve problems and challenges. To be able to tell a friend that she made you feel bad and that you’d like an apology is a skill that can resolve conflict and strengthen not only friendships, but self-esteem as well!
7. Force her to make mistakes and help her accept her weaknesses.The best way to build self-confidence and resilience in young girls is to give them the opportunity to fail and get back up again. Show her that she can survive whatever embarrassment or hurt she experiences. Many girls feel that they have to be “perfect,” so it’s important that girls fall and get back up over and over for them to get comfortable with the feelings that come with failure. They can’t do that if we don’t push them to try new things. Dwelling on failures and weaknesses leads to a lack of self-confidence, and accepting them is an important step in developing confidence.
8. Teach her how to communicate in real life. Being able to look someone in the eye and greet them or ask them a question is no small feat nowadays with screens taking over our lives. Teaching (and forcing) your daughter to do this when meeting someone new or talking to “grown ups” is a great way to help her get comfortable with the “real world” and confident in how she acts and presents herself in the world and to others.
Getting your kids off screens and into nature is hard. Really hard. But it can be done and it can be fun. And it's worth it. #kids
Put down your phone, go outside and move more with your kids. #kids
Your kids imitate what you do, not what you tell them to do. #kids
Getting kids off screens used to feel like a full-time job.
five things you should say to your child every single day
five things you should say to your child every single day, whether they be scattered throughout or said in one fell swoop before bed:
1. Something they did that you're proud of. 2. Something you know they tried their best at. 3. Something you loved doing with them. 4. Something they said that made you laugh. 5. And no matter how you choose to say it: "I love you."
5 Things You Should Try to Say to Your Child Every Single Day