Basic provision is every parent's responsibility. All kids deserve the best of life, and basic needs are among the top requirements. However, there is more to the tangible factors. Child development comes with emotional needs, which should be catered for from a young age.

Parents should invest in growing their kids’ emotional intelligence, which affects other factors like confidence, social skills and cognitive skills. A child’s confidence is quite significant as it’s the trademark to make it in different environments. We are all happy when our children are comfortable and can easily express their feelings confidently.

As the children grow, they learn new skills and need a lot of confidence in them. Improving a child's confidence as a parent or guardian is the foundation required to build healthy relationships, overcome challenges in their lives and succeed in their academics. It's experiencing and learning from the failures that assist them in developing healthy self-confidence.

Why build your child’s confidence?

Helping your child build confidence will assist in dealing with peer pressure, defeats, and destructive emotions. This will act as a shield for the child when they come across challenges in natural life. A parent must play a vital role in supporting and connecting our kids' self-esteem. It’s an incredible factor that makes a significant difference in their lives. They will feel assured, and any difficulty they face will bring out the best of their inner self.

Simple ways to improve a child's confidence.

I consider children as little adults for they have the right to opinion and a better livelihood. However, we as parents have the responsibility to shape their paths, which they should walk in confidence.

Here are some tips to assist you in improving your child's confidence.

• Give them your attention.

Each parent/guardian needs to make time for their child in order to notice any changes that need attention. This will boost your child's feelings, knowing they’re loved.

A parent can try the following tips:

1.  Sharing your feelings with them to help them gain confidence in expressing their feelings.
2. If they need to communicate with you, just stop and listen to their ideas, views and feelings.
3. Make eye contact to ensure clear attention to their opinions.
4. Value and accept their opinions without making judgments.

• Make time for playing.

Parents should have playing hours with their kids to create a bond. These moments are pretty precious as the child feels treasured. Playtime is one of the greatest investments you can offer your child. However, focus your attention while playing and don’t make them feel they owe you anything for the time.

• Offer them minor jobs.

As a parent /guardian, think through your kid’s interests and offer them a minor job that makes them feel happy and successful. Kids require opportunities to display their talents and feel that their involvement is appreciated. Give chores like;

1. Cleaning the dishes.
2. Setting tables and seats.
3. Dusting the floor.
4. Gardening.
5. Tidying up toys.

• Peer interactions

As the child grows, they will come across their peer and friends who might have negative behaviors. A parent should observe the kids' interactions and talk with other parents. Also, keep talking to your kid to know what behavior you would entertain. This will help them change their behaviors and feel more comfortable with other kids.

• Motivate them to help others.

It’s of more care to encourage the kids to do something for someone else without expecting payment. They can help by assisting a friend struggling with something at school.

• Self-care.

Provide them with a healthy diet and regular exercise like riding a bike or dancing. Encourage some positive habits like correct sleeping time, eating habits, etiquette, etc. This stimulates their moods to be positive and also feel better inside.

• Be a good role model.

Kids grow up learning from parents' behaviors; hence, they will pick up on our reactions daily. The child will always copy the parent's positive or negative actions. It’s the duty of each parent to display the right behaviors especially in areas that require confidence such as social skills.

• Encourage a positive attitude.

Assist the child by developing a more positive outlook and also increase confidence when things are tough. Let your child learn to have positive energy through different life lessons. A negative emotion has a huge impact in diminishing their confidence, which is challenging to restore.

• Keep an eye on social media.

Nowadays, social media has digitalized things like communicating, chatting or sending photos and videos. It's more important for a parent to keep an eye on what their kids are watching online. It’s easy to retrieve information that encourages suicide, demoralize or cause behavior change online. To protect children from dangerous social sites, parents can seek parental guarded features to help restrict certain contents.

• Offer generous praises.

Kids are often rebuked for what they have done wrong and not celebrated for their good behavior. This makes them feel that they can never be good enough in their lifetime. It's, therefore, good to encourage them when they go wrong and praise them even for the small good things they do.

• Focus on their gifts.

Help your kid discover their gifts and encourage them to try different activities and interests. Describe to them that different individuals have different skills and are good at different things. Therefore, they should appreciate what they are worthy of.

• Teach your kid to think positively.

A parent should teach a child to think positively; this helps them manage stress, improve well-being, and boosts their confidence.

A child will be happy when raised in a safe and secure environment full of love and care. This will give them a sense of belonging and acceptance. Children will have confidence in being among family and friends who love them dearly and will always be there regardless of the situation. The same will reflect even among strangers as they won’t require any approval to feel confident.