The Heart of Self Esteem

Self esteem is something we help foster in our kids from the inside out. Feeling needed is pitching in. We want kids to feel like the family needs them, this place needs me. This is why giving kids ways to contribute is really important. They need to learn life skills too,. But they also to feel needed and accomplished. And it gives them both of these, giving kids opportunities to build skills in sports, inactivities like music, art, engineering. That is the heart of self esteem. Whatever they gravitate towards help them build those skills. It's the belittling comments or setting a boundary and then not sticking with it that can damage the relationship. The soft boundaries damage