If your child speaks negatively about themselves this means they have negative affirmations going around in their mind.
What is an Affirmation?
An affirmation is something you say to yourself alot. It's something you say in your mind and out loud and the more you say it, the more you start to feel it.
There are Positive and Negative affirmations.
Negative affirmations may sound like: I can't do it. I'm ugly. That's too hard. I'm not strong enough. No one can help me. I'm not clever enough. Everyone else is better than me.
The above statements are untrue and do not align with our true nature, this is why they make us feel bad inside when we say them.
The above statements lower our self-confidence and self-esteem and stop us from growing. It is important that they are consistently replaced with Positive affirmations such as: I can do this. I can try. I am good enough. I am strong. I am creative. I am clever. I can learn in different ways. I am more than enough. I am worth more than gold. I will get through this. I will succeed. I can ask for help. I respect myself. I love myself. I am confident..and so on!
If you hear your child putting themselves down you must immediately speak out the opposite positive affirmation to them, you will be teaching them to do the same! For example if they say "I can't do it." you can offer "You can try." or "Tell yourself you can't do it yet."
Help fill your child's mind with positive affirmations so much that they drown out the negative ones. This is done through them taking part in regular self-esteem building activities.
Wouldn't it be great if children could do fun activities while learning positive affirmations at the same time? If you like the sound of this you might love this POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS ACTIVITY PACK.
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