Self-esteem is the generally positive assessment of one's own. People who have a good self esteem accomplished their goals more easily and have happier lives.
Self-esteem is built during childhood and adolescence.So if you detect that your son or daughter teenager has low self-esteem should help you to improve it.
How can we help them?
•Love. Express to your son or daughter that you love them. It is proven that feel loved is one of the best ways to increase the self-esteem. Tell them often how much you love them, but also to demonstrate it to you. Devote time, program activities that can do together, talk with him or her as far as possible and to hear you.
•Support. It is important to know what their interests are. You know what is and which support you.
•Recognition. Enjoy their successes with them. After having encouraged to achieve them, celebrate them with your son or daughter. Tell him how proud or proud you are of him or her. Boasts the things made, can be a good grade in school, make a new friend, who has made a good match in their sport or whatever for him or her to be important.
•Constructive criticism. Support children does not mean to accept whatever you do, that all have the same importance or not we criticize some of their attitudes. The criticism is essential to form a solid personality. But it teaches your children always with a constructive criticism. Do not use the humiliation or disqualification.
•Help express themselves. One of the things that cost more to teens is to express your feelings and emotions. And the expression of these is a very good therapy for good mental health. So we must help them to find ways to express them.
•Team sports. Team sports is a very good to increase self-esteem. Team learning to work with others and the importance of the effort. Boys and girls also learn the importance of standards and of fellowship.
•Shared Hobbies. Another good way to help teens who have a low self-esteem is to push them to have a hobby that you can share. A hobby or hobby will help them to focus, to express themselves, to enjoy and to be more sure of themselves.
Alarm signal
If your adolescent has an excessively low self-esteem , frequent negative thoughts about himself or even ideas of suicide, it is advisable that you go to an expert.
Remember that the self esteem of your teenage son is fragile, therefore you should help with your orientation to build it and consolidating it. Blessings.