Positive Living 

Week 7: Healthy Self-Esteem

Definition of Self-Esteem

Self-esteem comes from inside you. Healthy self-esteem is believing in yourself and being kind to yourself. It is being confident in the choices you make, knowing that even when you make a mistake, you remain proud of who you are.

A person’s level of self-esteem is a direct reflection of their evaluation of their own worth. Our self-concept is based on our positive or negative evaluation of our own worthiness or capacity. Self-confidence is our trust in our own abilities qualities and judgements, our feeling of personal capacity, and self-respect is our feeling of personal worth.

Developing and maintaining a healthy level of self-esteem means that we can feel capable to handle life’s challenges, we have the capacity to understand and solve problems, and we feel we have a right to achieve fulfillment and be treated with respect.

Once a child has low self-esteem it can be very challenging to reverse their feeling of worthlessness and they can enter a cycle of negative feelings. Having poor self-esteem can be more debilitating than having a learning difficulty. How a person views and values him or herself can have a significant impact on almost everything they do including their career, relationships, mental well-being and happiness.

Positive self-esteem can also have a marked effect upon a child’s academic performance by increasing their motivation, ability to focus and willingness to take risks.

Highlight - Science 

My highlight has been seeing Stage 2 demonstrating great focus and enthusiasm when preparing for the upcoming Stage 2 Paper Plane Tournament.

Stage 2 have been experimenting with different paper plane glider designs and using the data that they have recorded while testing them to help them decide which would be their best design to enter into the tournament.

Good luck in the tournament, Stage 2!

Mr Lardner