As Confident Queen one of my aim’s is to equip children at an early age with the tools they need so that they can become more confident in themselves and maximise their potential and be the best they can. This article is about affirmations and how to use them with children.
What is an affirmation?
An affirmation is simply a positive power statement that you can use in a variety of ways. Affirmations need to be in the present, as if they already have achieved their goal, and of course they must be positive.
Benefits of using affirmations
Integrating affirmations into your child’s life will help to instil a positive attitude and outlook that will serve them very well. This is one of the most empowering gifts you can bless your child with. The affirmations you use with your child can be about noticing and focusing on the fun and joy in life or they can be targeted toward a specific belief you would like to introduce
How you as a parent/carer can help your child
As a parent or carer, we can use positive affirmations for children as it is a very powerful tool that will help to change their belief system. Affirmations for children have the effect of filling them up with powerful self belief and confidence. If a child is struggling with confidence in some area, you can use the power of affirmation to build their self esteem, and give them a tool to help solve problems.
Practical example of using affirmations
There are also lots of ways of making affirmations work more effectively by combining a number of ideas for example, last thing at night, encourage the child to focus on one of the affirmations and if they are younger children you can whisper the affirmation in their ears before they go to bed. You can also encourage your children to be creative and even create a song, or a dance to go with the affirmations. The more they see, hear, say and feel it, the more powerful it becomes.
How affirmations helped Joe aged 8
Joe is aged 8 and he had been stressed out because of his forth coming diving exam. He explained to me that whilst he was waiting to do his dive, re remembered some of the words of the confident child song I had taught him and he started to sing to himself “Confident child is who I am. He said he closed his eyes for one minute and could see the words on the T-shirt he had made in the confident children club with the slogan ” Be a confident child like me” and he also imagined that he did the best dive ever! He then opened his eyes took a deep breath and said to himself, “I am going to do this dive because I am Confident”. He took the dive and made a big splash on the water. He said he was very happy as he passed his diving test!
How your child can use their affirmation gift box
Your child can put the box in their school bag or just leave on a special place in their bedroom where they can see it. The idea is for them to read an affirmation a day and practice what it says.