Raise Your Child Self-Esteem

• Tell your child you love them at least once a day
• Let your child know it's okay to make mistakes. Admit your own
• Laugh at your child's jokes - even when you don't get them
• Praise your child's efforts, without worrying about the results
• Don't treat all of your children exactly alike. Each one has different needs
• Don't let your child go to bed angry with you or thinking that you are angry with him
• Let your child cry if he needs to. There's no need for him to take things like a grown-up. Remember, he's only a kid
• Draw portraits of each other. Hang them in a special family art gallery.
• Instead of asking your child how school was, try asking him to tell you three great things he did that day. You're sure to love the answers you receive.
• Share a banana split and let your child pick the toppings :-)
• Work together to build a really huge sand castle at the beach