How do we raise confident kids?

My daughter is just 5 year old and I am also in the learning process, but little that I have learnt is that we should not force kids into doing something, especially greeting people, telling them to talk, pushing them to initiate a conversation and hurrying them into picking up social skills. I am guilty myself, and this is how I am learning. The first area where we think that our kids would start to become confident is through how they interact publicly. And when they shy away from meeting an aunt, or saying hello to new friends in the park or joining them for play, we push them into doing that. When they hold you and their shyness is obvious, we tell them that that is not the way to behave and all sorts of things. I think, we should never do that. How will it matter if the kid behaves like that! Does it not happen with us! When we go for a party or a new place, we as adults also take time to open up and show how confident we are at a new place. Yes, we can build their confidence by having family discussions and let the kid also share his opinion on things. Treat him like an individual and when he is talking, listen to him as you would listen to any elder speaking. On holidays, you can have topics on which each one of the family member would speak. Let that be funny, intelligent, stupid or whatever. Do not correct the child unless it is factually incorrect. Most evenings we have a topic of discussion on which all three of us, my husband, daughter and I speak on. It is much fun and I guess a great confidence building exercise for all of us, especially, my daughter. http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/parenting/child-rearing-and-development/12-ways-help-your-child-build-self-confidence http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/confidence.html

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