Education is not only books, lectures, and exams. Especially in schools, there is a lot more to be done to make students the best versions of themselves. It ultimately helps them become positive assets resulting in efficient global citizens. For this reason, a positive mindset is essential to develop from an early age. One of the most powerful elements is the positive self-talk. This article will explore why children need to develop the habit of positive self-talk. Also, how parents can help them?
What is a Positive Self-Talk?
In the simplest form, positive self-talk involves talking to yourself in a more positive way. To look at yourself in a brighter light. It often proves to be helpful in reduce and manage negative emotions and developing returning positive traits in the long run.
Why School-Going Kids Should Practice Positive Self-Talk?
Now, maybe the question arise in your mind why should a school-going kid practice positive self-talk? Why even they should know about it? And how it will benefit at such a tender age? Let’s learn about it in the following.
School-going kids are vulnerable due to their age and understanding level. Above all, during growing age, they experience physical and emotional development. Hence, they have a lot of pressures with respect to keep up with the regular education.
For instance, to learn fast and to show great progress in their academics. They are regularly in classes and social interactions. This all becomes too overwhelming for them- in their early age. Which takes a toll on their emotions- if remained unattended. Therefore, parents should tell them about positive self-talk as a mechanism to manage their emotional outburst.
Benefits of Positive Self-Talk for Students
By adapting the positive self-talk, students even at the early age, can get the following advantages.
- It boosts self-confidence.
- Personal image enhances.
- Ability to look for solutions improves.
- Productiveness improves.
- Overall emotional, physical, and mental health improvises.
What a Negative Self-Talk Can Do?
In the wake of overloading of work and the journey of learning with expanding social interactions becomes the foundation to many of the behaviours and defining patterns in children. Therefore, if due to any harsh experience, or displeasing elements, they can think low about themselves.
One of these experiences can be negative remarks from the classmates, teachers, friends or even family due to which a child (if remains) unattended – can lead to a negative thought process about himself in any way.
This phenomenon is very crucial and calls for attention at this tender age because children are soft at heart and mind. Also, they have more potential to fall under unfair opinions of others. This can lead to a negative self-image and not a positive opinion of oneself.
Enduring negative self-talk can result in lowering self-confidence, becomes a hurdle in reaching full potential, and making one believe to fail even before getting started.
How Parents Can Help Developing the Habit of Positive Self-Talk?
Luckily, parents can take proactive approach from the very beginning to develop a positive self-image in their child. They also can help their school-going children to think realistically about their personality. It will be helpful in shaping their ideal personality in terms of strengthening the positive elements and rectifying the errors, through personal reading and regular evaluation.
In the following, we will share a list of steps , parents can take, to develop the habit of positive self-talk in their school-going children.
Stop Doing Negative Self-Talk About Yourself
Parents are the first role models for kids. Therefore, both mothers and father must behave in a positive way. They should avoid talking negative and bad about themselves, each other, and other people.
The reason to behave positively is the subconscious of your child, which is way more sensitive and adaptive than you think. They unconsciously accept the way you talk and act around them. Hence, stay positive in your dealings.
Practice the Positive Self-Talk Model
In addition to leaving negative self-talk behind, parents must present the model of positive self-talk before their children. For this purpose, parents can adopt the healing and calming practices like mediation. It will generously help them adapting the positive self-talk pattern in their lives.
Talking positive about yourself will enhance your life on various levels. Some of them are listed below.
- Positive self- image.
- Increase in life span.
- Enhanced quality of life.
- Low levels of depression and anxiety.
- Better coping mechanism and immunity.
Adapt Positive Affirmations in Life
Affirmations and little sentences of hope and beauty around you are a must-have to develop a positive environment in your house and surroundings. Therefore, make them learn duas from Holy Quran, and good little sentences (positive affirmations) that will generate the ray of hope and light in your children.
In this way, you can practice a positive self-talk in your home for the better and rich future self of your kids.
Help Children Differentiating Negative and Positive Self-Talk
Become their easy-to-access help. Parents are the first and last resort for their children. It is extremely important for them, when they get enrolled in a school and onwards, every time, they need guidance, an ear that listens and reliable sources to learn through the patterns of life for easy, and realistic navigation.
Conclusion
Parents want their kids to become the most reliable and efficient global citizen. To bring out the best out of kids, it is essential to keep them aware and away from the negatively. Unfortunately, we cannot eliminate negativity! We much learn to stay vigilant, protected, and aware to navigate in the most reasonable way! So, starting from positive self-talk is the best thing- parents can do for their kids’ better future, and beautiful journey through growing up and easy and fruitful education.