How to promote healthy pride in children

Pride in the first may seem negative because in principle it prevents people from recognizing their mistakes or learning from what they have not done well. But really pride can be something very positive if you know how to manage properly. Orgullo Pride can be related to feeling good about yourself and your family members without the need to brag about others. Healthy pride has to do with having a good concept of oneself, being proud of what he does, what father does not want to be proud of his children? Well, the feeling is the same but for the children themselves.

How to promote the healthy pride of children at home

This healthy pride can be favored starting from home and being the parents who begin to empower it in the children without falling into the error of flattering without having to do it since if this is the case child instead of having a healthy pride can end up having arrogance or arrogance.

It is important that parents know how to make their children see that whatever happens, they will always be at their side for what they need, demonstrating unconditional love towards them without taking into account their abilities to improve their self-esteem and a good self-concept of themselves. .

In this sense it is essential to give importance to everything the child does from a drawing at school to an important sports competition, children need to see how their parents are their best spectators. For this reason, it is very fundamental to spend time with the family and leave the daily activities and chores once in a while to spend some time together, strengthening the emotional and family bond.

When your child does things well, reinforce him / her positively so that he / she sees that the effort always has a reward, even in a loving way. Also, if your child does not do something correctly, do not discourage him and encourage him to improve himself next time. How to strengthen family communication

Likewise, it is essential to favor family communication and that dialogue is a regular one. Encourage your child to talk and see in you an example of empathy when things are not going well, and an example of healthy pride when things do go as you expect them to go.

Pride does not mean bragging, getting what you want or do not need from others.

Pride means having the ability to fight and face the adversities of life

depending on the stage and age of each one . The responsibility of children as a basisIn addition, so that a child can feel healthy pride of himself, apart from what is mentioned above it is also very important to give him responsibilities within the home according to the age he has and according to his abilities.

In this way you will feel healthy pride

to do things right

even if you take out the garbage or fix your clothes closet. When children do housework without having to remind them, it is a good way to look for a reward that makes them feel good, without falling into the error of the material. María José Roldán Special Education Teacher (Therapeutic Pedagogy)