Confident
Children
help children feel good about themselves
Gael Lindenfield
To Laura, my daughter, with deepest love, constant admiration and unending gratitude for enriching my life and teaching me so much about parenting.
Tragically, in 1996, Laura was killed in a car accident at the age of 19. In her memory, Gael and her family set up a foundation (The Laura Lindenfield Foundation) to help young people find and follow an achievable life-dream.
Contents
Introduction to this Revised Edition
Part 1 You Will Never be a Perfect Parent But You Can Become a Confident One!
1 What Exactly is Confidence? Everything You Need to Know
2 How to Become a Good-enough Parent. More Saint, Less Sinner!
3 Providing a Helpful Environment. Confidence at Home
4 Your Family Life. Does it Hinder or Help?
Part 2 How to Lay the Foundations of Inner Confidence
5 Building Self-esteem. Help Your Children to Love Themselves
6 Developing Good Self-knowledge. Help your Children to Get to Know Themselves
7 Setting Goals. Help your Children to Reach for Their Stars
8 Thinking Positively. Negative Thinking is a Bad Habit – Help Your Children to Kick It!
Part 3 How to Improve Your Child’s Outer Confidence
9 Good Communication and Self-presentation. Learning the Essential Skills
10 Assertiveness. Helping Your Children to Find their Voices
11 Children and Emotions. Helping them to Manage their Feelings
12 Positive Problem-solving. Dealing with Difficulties Constructively
13 Dealing with Conflict. If You Want Confident Children, You Have to Deal with the Conflict!
14 The Flight to the Outside World. Giving your Children the Confidence to Survive on Their Own
The Laura Lindenfield Foundation
Sabotaging behaviours of my inner child
Action plan to upgrade my knowledge
Action plan for stress prevention
Helping my children to get to know themselves
Improving communication and presentation