Self-esteem is very significant in the development of healthy children.
Children with high self-esteem generally become more successful in life, while in comparison, the outcomes for children with low self-esteem can be quite poor.
As professional nannies and caregivers, our responsibility is to help the children we care for feel confident and competent.
How do we carry this out?
- We help to set achievable goals. There are few things are more beneficial to self-esteem than success. We work together with children to establish goals. We begin with goals that are very easy to accomplish. This provides a taste of success and provides a confidence boost which accompanies this. For example, a good goal for a young child might be to clean their room.
- We courage children to be persistent, because persistence and confidence go hand-in-hand. This demonstrates on an ongoing basis how to be successful.
- To provide a sense of self-control, we provide choices for the decisions they make. Self-esteem is obtained when we have control over our life´s, and making choices in life demonstrates how to obtain control. This can be as simple as giving them two options for lunch or allowing them to choose which shoes they wear that day.
- We discourage attempts to obtain perfection because this is something which cannot be achieved and will only encourage disappointment. People’s self-esteem suffers when they realize that they can never be perfect. So we attempt to demonstrate how they can value effort and progress and that they are actions that anyone can achieve.
- We take good care of ourselves. Taking good care of yourself shows your child that you’re important. This will lead them to believe that they’re important and should take care of themselves too. We model how to make themselves a priority. There’s no doubt that a child with high self-esteem is happier and more confident. We want the best for the children we care for, and it’s our responsibility to help lead them down this path. We children to love and believe in themselves, and they’ll reap the benefits throughout their entire lives.
Our staff are qualified nannies who adapt to your family’s needs and requirements
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