Each person should develop a healthy self-esteem. Otherwise, the individual becomes too complex or, conversely, selfish. Naturally, self-esteem begins to develop from early childhood, but more consciously it is formed when the child enters the society. Often, it comes on admission to school. In the team of other children, young people of primary school age begin to develop skills of communication, mutual understanding and, of course, self-esteem. What is the self-esteem of younger schoolchildren, what are the fundamental factors for its formation and how to make the child know how to correctly evaluate himself?
Development of self-criticism
First of all, it is worth remembering that self-criticism is poorly developed in young children. That is, if you ask a schoolboy what he is wrong about, and what is wrong with his companion, then most likely he will name more shortcomings in the behavior of a classmate than himself. This is not surprising, since the self-esteem of junior schoolchildren is just beginning to form, and as is known, all volitional processes occur through the cognition of the surrounding world. Therefore, the child first begins to notice the minuses in other people and only eventually learns to see it in himself.
Achievement
Parents should always remember that a small schoolboy self-esteem directly depends on his success and academic achievement. If the kid is studying well, then in his younger school, his children are respected for that. But only if he does not show himself too selfish. Smart child with proper behavior, quickly conquers authority in the classroom and thanks to this, his self-esteem is held at a favorable level.
Teachers need to remember that all children in their class should have a normal self-esteem. In a junior school it is very easy to identify various problems with self-awareness, because, young children are more open and easier to contact. The teacher's task is always to ensure that there is a favorable atmosphere in the classroom, and the behavior of some children does not lead to a decrease in self-esteem in others.
Activities
In order for children to properly form a self-assessment, they must perform different types of activities. The child must realize that he will become better if he learns to act properly, set goals and strive for success. In order for the kid to understand this, it is necessary to teach him to look at himself from the outside and analyze his behavior. A child should not consider that someone is studying better, because it is simply better. We must invite the child to analyze the behavior of the classmate, so that he sees that, for example, Volodya, walks less on the street and learns lessons longer and that's why he gets the five, and he's four. Thus, the child will understand that he is able to improve and achieve success.
Children should learn to do something together. Such activities motivate the desire to do more and better, to put more labor into the common cause, then to be able to be proud of the result on an equal basis with others. If the child gets it, his self-esteem rises. If, for some reason, the kid can not do the job well enough, the teacher's task is not to let other children laugh at him and even less humiliate him. It is necessary to find an individual approach, give an assignment with which the kid can cope better, offer the children help him. In general, in different situations, you need to choose different behaviors.
Now many children are beginning to evaluate their peers for clothes, phones and other accessories. Naturally, those children whose families are financially secured to a lesser degree begin to feel worse and their self-esteem falls. Teachers should be careful to ensure that in their class this was not. The teacher should instill in children the notion that friends are chosen not by fashion brands and cool AI-backgrounds, but by how good, cheerful, interesting, intelligent and able to come to their aid.