Love is the most powerful force in the entire universe and every child desires to experience it. Showing our children that we love and care about them is the most important thing that we can do for them. By showing them love we are activating their sense of belonging to a family, their sense of security and their sense of 
being wanted. All this will in turn boost their feeling of worth and self-esteem. Self-esteem is very important in our children’s ability to achieve at the highest level. It’s what causes them to achieve their full potential. Without a strong self-esteem our children will feel negative about themselves. This will cause them to quit. They will give up on the idea of doing well in school and achieving their full potential.
Children’s self-esteem stems from the quality of love and care that they receive from their parents. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we can only achieve self-actualisation when we have a strong self-esteem. Self-actualisation is our need to become the best that we can be and get the most out of life. It’s our need to achieve our full potential. This is where we want our children to be. We want them to feel the need to be successful. We want them to have a natural desire to achieve their full potential. When our children develop this natural desire to be successful, we won’t have the need to nag them about studying and doing well is school. Picking up their books and studying will become effortless to them.
Challenging tasks such as studying becomes easier for our children when they are working with such high self-esteem. They will pickup their books even without our encouragement. The more they study; the better their grades become. The better their grades are; the more confident they become. This will further motivate them to study even more. This creates a cycle of success stories in their minds, which will gradually alter their mindset and self-belief. Even as adults, most of our successes and failures in life come down what we believe. And our children are no different, so we want them to have very positive beliefs about themselves and what they can achieve because children who believe in themselves are unstoppable.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Nick
Dr. Nick is a multi-awarding winning tutor, motivational speaker and empowerment coach. He started his career as a schoolteacher followed by becoming a university lecturer but now he uses his skills, knowledge and expertise to help others find their path in life, overcome their challenges and become the best version of themselves. With over 20 years experience, Dr. Nick is a well sought after professional and throughout his career he has successfully empowered 1000s of people across the globe to achieve their true potential.
