7) Keep track of your child’s school progress. Performing poorly in school is often a source of self-esteem issues. Communicating regularly with their teacher and monitoring homework can help increase their abilities in school and make them feel better about school.
8) Look for times your child behaves well or accomplishes something. Take the time to let them know you see how hard they are working and compliment them whenever you “catch them being good.” Make sure you are sincere in your compliments; children can tell when you are just saying something or when you mean what you say. Being specific in your compliments, such as “I am proud of how hard you tried today cleaning up your toys” is much better than “good job.” It will let your children know that you noticed what they did.
9) Let your children know that mistakes are okay. Adopt an attitude that mistakes are learning opportunities, not failures.
