Help Your Child Gain True Confidence and Internal Motivation

1.  Make Room For Mistakes

It is important for children to not see failure as an endpoint, but rather as a beginning. A place from which to grow.

Viewing challenge ( e.g. failure, frustration, disappointment, hard times, obstacles) as an opportunity to learn, grow and become a stronger person, is a key part of having cognitive hardiness. Not only to survive stress or challenge but to thrive.

One study found that when children were angry (as opposed to happy or sad), they were more likely to use innovative and out of the box problem-solving strategies when faced with a challenging problem.

2. Recognize When They Work Hard

When your child really tries — works hard at something and puts in a lot of effort — recognize it.

Also, recognize when they themselves are proud. “I can see you are really proud of that story you wrote. You know why you are proud? Because you worked so hard on it! I am proud of you too.”

3. Break Down Big Goals

Sometimes, failure will happen over and over again. This is when kids need extra encouragement.

“Yes, I know you fell over, but you were able to ride longer than last time without your training wheels!”

Again, children tend to think in a fixed mindset and say to themselves, “If I can’t do it now then I’ll never be able to do it.”

When my son doesn’t like a food, he says, “Maybe I’ll like it when I’m older.”

4. Celebrate Successes 

Research shows that when praise is deeply sincere that it is beneficial for children’s motivation.

Praise has received a lot of bad press — and it is true that praising innate ability or over-praising is problematic.

But sincere and specific praise can enhance the pride a child has naturally.

5. Tell Your Child That They Are Good and Kind

We want our children to believe and know that they are good and kind. 

They may make mistakes or bad choices, but that is how they act, not who they are. They may have failures and disappointments at school, but that is part of life, not who they are. 

When you are praising your child’s character, this is a time when you can praise your child in a way that seems, “fixed.” But that is okay, because we want children to know that being kind and good is part of their identity.

Original Source: Nurture & Thrive

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