Moms, Dads it’s summer and it’s fast finishing!! Got to make the most of it. Build self-confidence in the preschooler. Riding a bicycle is a great way. Self-confidence leads to a high positive self esteem.
How does self confidence lead to high self esteem? How does this happen?
When they ride , they learn balance. They learn to do the things they see others doing. They learn that feeling of Whoopee!! on a bike. In reality their brains are making a link between what they want to do and what their muscles can do. For the preschooler, suddenly one day there is no need for training wheels. No-one is holding on. They can glide down the road and stop when they want. It’s not only exercise and getting fresh air. It’s also building awesome preschooler self-confidence.
Self -confidence in children means they feel they can accomplish what is in their minds. I want to ride that bicycle. Well jump on and ride. They are confident. When they realize that in fact they have accomplished that task, then their feelings about who they are and what they can do grows. That is recognition of the ideal self and their own self-worth.
To make sure this association is happening, the preschooler needs to be growing in an environment where he or she is valued. Whatever he or she is accomplishing is valued as important and is seen as healthy development. Usually you will get this care environment in a family.
A family can be a Mom with a child or a Dad with children, or an elderly grandmother and children or a parent with children and aunt and grandmother, Whatever it is as long as they call it their family it is their family. This is where as their self-confidence grows, their self-esteem grows. The family is the best place to achieve awesome preschooler self-confidence.
The family is the bedrock of self-esteem. I say this because the child is able to cry about failures, laugh about success, smile with others about events. All without any ridicule. Your family is the place where the child tries out so many feelings. Because family can be blended, or step parents or adopted parents or surrogate caregivers or grandparents, the way it responds is different every time. The response however is genuine and built on the family values and traditions.
We don’t make it a habit of being nasty to our children. we try and support them especially at this critical 3+ to 8 years old age. Building this kind of awesome preschooler self-confidence comes naturally as long as we love and nurture them. Here is the place for a lasting transition from positive self-confidence to high positive self-esteem.