【RaisingConfidentKidsSelf-esteem（自尊）isacollectionofbeliefsorfeelingswehaveaboutourselves．Havingahealthyself-esteemcanprotectusthroughdifficulttimesandhelpusremainfocusedonwhatisimportanttous．Researchshows】
RaisingConfidentKids
Self-esteem（自尊） isacollectionofbeliefsorfeelingswehaveaboutourselves．Havingahealthyself-esteemcanprotectusthroughdifficulttimesandhelpusremainfocusedonwhatisimportanttous．Researchshowsthatchildrenwithhighself-esteemgrowuptobemoreconfidentadults．Self-esteembuildingshouldstartfromyoung．（36）___
Praiseactions
Youngchildrenneedfeedback．It'showtheymeasuretheiractionsanditplaysaroleinlearningfromexperience．Providespecificpraiseaboutactualactionsperformedandeffortsmadeintheprocess．（37）___．
Identifystrengths
Preschoolersarealwayswatchingeachother．Onthebrightside，theylearnnewthingsfromeachother．Ontheotherside，theycanbecomeself-criticalwhentheyseeapeeraccomplishingsomethingtheystillstruggletodo．（38）___Tellyourchildrentofocusontheirstrengthswhentheystarttodrawcomparisons．
Foster（培养） asenseofbelonging
Youngchildrenmaynotunderstandhowpeerpressure （同龄人的压力） works，buttheyfeelitwhenthey'rebeingexcluded（排除）．Showyourchildrenthattheyareimportantbylisteningtoandrespondingtotheirneedsandideas．Asmuchaspossible，savegrown-upconversationsforlatersothatyoucanhavefamilyconversations．（39）___
（40）___Asmuchastheyneedus，theyalsoneedtoworkontakingsmallstepstowardsindependence．Whentheyknowtheycandothings，theyfeelmoreconfident．Teachproblem-solvingskills．Stepasideandletthemworkonchallengesbeforejumpingintohelp．Helpbyasking，"Howcanwedothisinadifferentway？Let'scomeupwithsomeideastogether．"Gettingkidsinvolvedinproblem-solvingteachesthemhowtodealwithchallengesinthefuture．
Buildingandmaintaininghealthyself-esteemcanbealifelongprocess，butthesooneryoustart，themoreconfidentyourchildrenwillbecome．
A．EncourageIndependence
B．Spendqualitytimewithchildren
C．Trytoaddresstheirconcernsastheyarise，nomatterhowminor．
D．Ifpraiseisonlyattachedtosuccess，kidswillfocuson"winning"．
E．Besuretopointoutyourchildren'sstrengthsregularlyandbespecific．
F．B