How do you handle yourself when you’ve made a mistake? How do you react to your children when they’ve made a mistake? The way you handle mistakes and teach your children to handle mistakes is the difference between growing in confidence and shrinking back.
Low Self-Esteem Response to Mistakes
Children with low self-esteem will beat themselves up when they make a mistake. The mistake might be something as minor as mispronouncing a word while reading aloud, getting an answer wrong on a test or missing catching the ball.
You may hear them say things like:
- “I’m stupid.”
- “I’ll never get this right.”
- “I should have known that answer.”
- “I hope I don’t mess up again.”
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