Right from birth, kids learn new skills rapidly. Along with those new skills, they also acquire the confidence to use them. Having self-confidence helps us get ready for life’s experiences. When we’re confident, we’re more likely to navigate easily with people and opportunities.

Confidence and bravery are acquired skills, meaning they are learned and practiced. Below are some of the steps parents should take into consideration when trying to raise a confident child:

1. Quit cautioning kids: fear is an essential and normal emotion, and it's used to keep us safe. It only becomes a problem when parents treat it as their immediate reaction. Constantly cautioning and reminding them of situations that may harm them, signifies that they should always be dependent on you to keep them safe. It also teaches children that they can’t watch out for their well-being, which will undoubtedly affect their mindset and self-confidence as they get older.

2. Use risky play: it's a parenting method that teaches kids hazard assessment, delayed gratification, and resilience, which leads a child to develop self-confidence. This method flourishes when kids play outdoors and leave their comfort zone.

3. Distance Yourself: grant your child the freedom to have their personal space. Listening to their concerns, successes, failures, and feelings teaches them that they are independent individuals with their voices. Having a voice lets children share the big and small things with their parents instead of repressing them. Suppressing what they go through can lead to adverse outcomes. Accepting children and who they are, allows them to be who they wish to be. Specifically, nowadays, society must be open and encourage boys and men to cry and talk about their feelings openly without the fear of anyone judging them. Girls need to speak up and find their voice without belittling them and making them feel inferior to the opposite sex; they’re just as talented and intelligent.

4. Stop punishments and physical punishments: low self-esteem in children is typically related to physical punishment and withholding of love and affection from parents.

BE A CONFIDENT PERSON YOURSELF.