The greatest evil that can happen to a Child ...for the Child to think bad of oneself….


Of all the beliefs and judgment that a child has, none is more important than the ones he has of self. . This belief is the single most telling factors in determining the success and failure in life. Although many believe that –talent, opportunity, money, high level of intelligence, families and positive attitudes are the predictors of success in life. Actually these are secondary to a healthy positive self-image. A child’s Self-image is the direct result of the reinforcement that he or she receives from you, on a daily basis. Hence the question to ask is, “ What does the children really think of themselves?” And perhaps NOT what we think of them.

Often we parents, create the barriers. Thus the lack of love in a person’s life is the internal fear that a child does not deserve it.
The absence of happiness may stem from the internal belief that “Happiness is not my destiny”.

Hence the task of motivating children to have greater aspirations is all about working on their self-portraits.
When a child grows up to love himself, to be self confident, to have a high self esteem and to respect himself , he will not be let down by failure , will respect others and will have lots of love and not hatred for the others.

This is not a modern day dictum ....it has been there through the ages.
That is why the great philosopher Goethe said:
“The greatest evil that can befall a man is that he should come to think ill of himself”