Parents
Siblings
Children can learn and be affected greatly by their siblings. Because of something called “sibling spillover effect”, older children could act as a positive role model for their younger siblings. This can be seen as older children helping their younger siblings with their academic ventures. It can also mean younger children can go to their older brothers/sisters for advice when facing self-esteem issues. That’s why parents should always keep tabs on the relationship between their children, ensuring it’s one that helps their children grow into confident well rounded healthy individuals that feel supported and loved by their siblings and parents alike.
Social Surroundings
A child’s social relationships can influence the extent to which they feel like they belong in this world. This sense of belonging impacts the way the child measures their self-worth. A child mainly encounters most of their social interactions in their educational facility: their school. This means, in order to ensure your child’s school is helping your kid to develop into a strong self-confident individual, you need to make sure it’s a TELLING school. A telling school is a school that allows its student to TELL on any bullies or any bullying taking place on its grounds. This gives the students a sense of safety that if bullying does occur the children have a trusted adult to go to in order to take the appropriate actions. Furthermore, parents should aim to enroll their children to a school that teaches its students to be kind human beings with high values, something like the Personal Learning Goals MBIS teaches it’s children.
Teachers
Headmaster
The same thing goes for a child’s relationship with their school principal or headmaster. It’s a gross misconception that children need to fear their authority figures in order to learn discipline and follow regulations. On the contrary, when your child feels confident enough to talk freely to the school’s headmaster this gives them a sense of responsibility towards their school. They grow up feeling respected with their voices heard and their self-esteem at it’s highest. Looking for a school with a headmaster that shares this same philosophy towards their students’ is a crucial value point in all parents school hunting criteria.
Paying attention to these pivotal relationships in every child’s life will help you ensure your children grow up to be a well developed, responsible self-confident members of society who easily believe they can achieve all their life goals and dreams.