{"id":803,"date":"2025-04-20T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/?p=803"},"modified":"2025-04-20T18:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T14:45:26","slug":"how-not-to-deprive-children-of-the-opportunity-to-increase-their-self-esteem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/2025\/04\/20\/how-not-to-deprive-children-of-the-opportunity-to-increase-their-self-esteem\/","title":{"rendered":"How not to deprive children of the opportunity to increase their self-esteem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491805764_985291553778055_8604838513793348340_n-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491805764_985291553778055_8604838513793348340_n-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491805764_985291553778055_8604838513793348340_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491805764_985291553778055_8604838513793348340_n-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491805764_985291553778055_8604838513793348340_n-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491805764_985291553778055_8604838513793348340_n.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We often need reminders like this so that we don&#8217;t inadvertently, in our pursuit of good intentions, contradict our child and deprive him of one of his most important things: self-esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-esteem comes not only from praise or recognition, but also from dealing with small problems on your own. This could be coming up with a new game\/entertainment when you&#8217;re bored, thinking about the answer when a question arises, choosing clothes, finding a solution yourself, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, we, the parents, are there too, watching silently, because we know that it is at times like these that a child&#8217;s self-esteem and sense of independence grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are two of the most important factors in today&#8217;s world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We notice, we try, we observe, and only when necessary do we intervene or help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cIf you do too much for your children, you are increasing your self-esteem by stealing theirs!<\/strong><br>Daniel Amen\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More to the point: If you do too much for your child, don&#8217;t let them get bored, have a ready answer for everything and a solution to any problem, your self-esteem will increase, at the expense of stealing their self-esteem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamar ( Tako ) Jordania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often need reminders like this so that we don&#8217;t inadvertently, in our pursuit of good intentions, contradict our child &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takojordania.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}