Nurturing Confidence in your Child (talk) - Fiona Walker

SMART PARENTING CONGRESS 2012 - Raise a Little Thinker

Learning Snippets from Fiona Walker, Principal of Schools, Julia Gabriel Education

Self esteem is about knowing oneself and being confident about the strengths and limitations ones have.

Confidence recipe - ingredients

- Attachment bonds (don't threaten the baby about isolation)

- Individuality

- Time to build mastery

- Establish routines

- Opportunities to build social skills

- Exposure to new experiences

- Emphathetic listening (be present) 

- A loving family (be an example as well)

- Consistency

Do celebrate any small progress made by the child even though it might not be what you have expected.