Self-Esteem in Children

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Research has showed that low self-esteem in a child may lead to delinquency, a tendency towards violence towards other people, drug use, alcohol abuse, and other substance abuse, educational under attainment, and feelings of racism. This paper examines how the self- esteem of a school age child can be improved, especially among children who have low self-esteem and who are low achievers to begin with.

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"Nevertheless, the general consensus seems to be that the parents and the main teachers of the child do indeed have a vitally important role to play in the development of self esteem in a child, especially if the child is suffering from low self esteem for some reason. A child with a healthy sense of self esteem would feel that the important adults in his life, including the parents and the teachers, accept them as they are, care about them, and that they would go out of the way at any time to make sure that he is safe and well. They would also probably feel that the adult would feel upset and frightened if anything were to happen to them, and that they would miss them if for any reason they were to be separated."

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