What is Self-Esteem?
Self-Esteem is how you feel about yourself. It’s the value you give yourself. But it’s not about bragging – it’s about quietly knowing that you are important and talented. With a healthy self-esteem you can have the courage to try new things and make good choices.
Characteristics of a Healthy Self-Esteem:
Patterns of self-esteem start during infancy and tend to last through adulthood, although it does fluctuate at times. Trying to change one’s self-esteem later in life is much more difficult than integrating it at a young age.
So why do teen moms need to know about self-esteem?
Behaviors that build self-esteem:
All self-esteem information was obtained from the following websites
Children’s Home Society of California. (2010). Self-Esteem: Building a child’s confidence and succes
life.familyeducation.com/self-esteem/parenting/36374.html?detoured=1
http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/self_esteem.html#
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/self_esteem.html#
http://loveourchildrenusa.org/teachingkidsselfesteem.php
Characteristics of a Healthy Self-Esteem:
- Eager to approach new situations
- Proud of accomplishments and achievements
- Open to constructive criticism
- Able to learn from prior mistakes
- Confident in appearance
Patterns of self-esteem start during infancy and tend to last through adulthood, although it does fluctuate at times. Trying to change one’s self-esteem later in life is much more difficult than integrating it at a young age.
So why do teen moms need to know about self-esteem?
- Because they’re moms – Parents have a huge effect on their child’s self-esteem
- Because they’re teens - Self-Esteem is important for everyone, no matter what age they are because it contributes to better quality of life.
Behaviors that build self-esteem:
- Smiles
- Hugs
- Praise
- Warmth
- Communicating
- Cooperating
- Non-judgmental Attitude
- No Put-Downs
- Eye Contact
- Touching
- Listening
- Acceptance
- Quality Time
- Respecting Others
- Giving Responsibility
- Encouraging
- Being Supportive
All self-esteem information was obtained from the following websites
Children’s Home Society of California. (2010). Self-Esteem: Building a child’s confidence and succes
life.familyeducation.com/self-esteem/parenting/36374.html?detoured=1
http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/self_esteem.html#
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/self_esteem.html#
http://loveourchildrenusa.org/teachingkidsselfesteem.php