Ways to Boost Your Teen’s Self-Esteem | Brain Training Center

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO– May is National Teen Self-Esteem Month and one-on-one brain training companyLearningRx (www.LearningRx.com) is sharing tips to help boost your teen’sself-esteem.

Give them access to positive, useful information to help them create goodhabits. One of the best books on the subject is“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.”

2. Encourage them to mentor younger children. Helping others and servingas a good role model is a simple, effective way to build self-esteem andstrengthen good values.

3. Provide opportunities for new successes. Consider activities in whichthey can succeed and build self-esteem: an art class, music lessons, individualor team sports, or serving others through volunteer work.

4. Get to the root of the problem. Kids often beat themselves up over lowacademic performance. “It’s an endless cycle to try to raisethe self-esteem of kids who aren’t performing well,” saysDr. Ken Gibson, author of “Unlock the Einstein Inside: Applying New Brain Science to Wake up the Smartin your Child.” “This is especially true if they’re placed into special educationinstead of trying to address the weak cognitive skills.” Gibsonrecommends one-on-one brain training to target weak cognitive skills.“When learning is faster and easier, kids tend to have more confidence.”

For more ideas, read “Overcoming Shyness: Helping Your Child Succeedin School and Life”:

To learn more about National Teen Self-Esteem Month, visitnationalteenselfesteemmonth.com.