What does a person with high self-esteem look like?
Their self-confidence shows in the way they dress, groom themselves, walk and talk.
They are secure and happy.
They are more likely to be himself or herself.
They are outgoing, strong, proud, motivated, successful, independent and assertive.
What is self-esteem, anyway?
Talent, good looks and financial success bring high self-esteem.
Values resulting from an ongoing self-appraisal in which traits and abilities are acknowledged and evaluated.
Having constant sunshiny happiness is the definition of high self-esteem.
The same values each person in all cultures has of oneself.
How does a family promote self-esteem?
They help the child learn to draw boundaries and discover her/his separateness.
They encourage a close interdependence between child and adult.
They encourage the child to decide s/he is great as s/he is and to give that message to the world.
They help the child find ways of feeling worthy in their own culture.
How can a person' self-esteem change?
through collaborative effort between the individual, culture and community
it is up to the individual to develop a new perception of herself or himself
his or her family must create the change
the individual must be removed from negative media influences
How can self-esteem defining messages from home counteract messages from outside home?
It's not possible to counteract the negative messages that may be encountered outside the home.
Children can be taught by parents how to survive and stand up to racism, sexism or ableism.
Parents can teach children to accept differential treatment and a feeling of inferiority.
Self-esteem doesn't begin to develop until adolescence, so parents need not be concerned with it during childhood.
What is one way to promote self-esteem?
Vow always to be positive and praise children at every possible opportunity.
Comment on how and why the child is better than other children.
Be a cheerleader for everything the child does.
Give more honest feedback and encouragement than praise.
What is anther way to promote self-esteem?
Just talk to the child about her or his success.
Make every task easy enough for the child to experience constant success.
Challenge children so that when success comes they've worked for it.
Make sure that the child is never forced to take a risk.
What is the antibias approach to gender, race, class and ability differences?
Being blind to differences
Having special events that celebrate population groups, such as a Japanese "tea party"
Responding positively and appropriately to individual differences
Accepting that bias is natural and there is no hope for change
Affirmations, or positive messages that validate the person or the family,
have nothing to do with the way the adult sees herself or himself
encourage people to change themselves
can only be effectively used between members of a family
focus on strengths and encourage parents to see how they can be while accepting how they are at the present
