https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s Made by Anna Breuer en-us 2021-03-02 18:42:49 UTC 2025-10-11 11:17:43 UTC hello@padlet.com abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1260128424 Confidence and Self-Esteem During Childhood: When we're kids, we are still growing into our personalities and learning bout who we want to be as a person. We look around to see if we "fit in". This has a huge impact on us in the future and who we become as a person.  the people in our early life play a huge part in who we become later in life. This can include parents, teachers, and coaches. ]]> 2021-03-02 18:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1260128424 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1274614572 Society's Impact on Self-Esteem: Everyday, we are exposed to people's opinions on who or what we should be. There are many unrealistic expectations within those opinions which can be a major contributing factor when it comes to self-confidence. If we allow other peoples' ideas and rules of how we should live your life, you will simply never be truly happy. ]]> 2021-03-05 17:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1274614572 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1274997620 Your Childhood: Children who grow up in unstable households tend to lack self-esteem and self-confidence and tend to carry that through their lives.

The Media: Our obsession with the media is often very damaging especially to young minds, who are felt pressured to act like public figures, celebrities, and their peers.]]> 2021-03-05 18:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1274997620 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1275031599 Family and Friends: The people you spend time with have a huge influence on your self-esteem. Your friends can build up your self-confidence, self-image, and self-respect, or they can bring it down. The same applies to your family. Feelings of inadequacy can result in lower self-esteem while building each other up can lead to a higher self-esteem.

Work Environment: A majority of our time is spent at school or work. This environment tends to contribute a lot to your life, especially self-esteem. If you have a hard day of work, you are most likely going to be lacking in self-esteem because of it. Working in an encouraging and productive environment can increase your self-esteem and can help you grow stronger.]]> 2021-03-05 18:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1275031599 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1275116287 Self esteem is seen as something that develops through "nature and nurture". A child's biological strengths and weaknesses (nature) and heir interactions with family and social environment. Contradictory to the orange article, this one states that parents have little to no control over their child's self-esteem. 
Supposedly, children born with easy-going temperaments tend to be more "chilled out" and more likely to go with the flow. 
They tend to have more patience when it comes to difficult situations than other kids born with more emotionally volatile temperaments.]]> 2021-03-05 18:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1275116287 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289303254 Difficult or stressful early life experiences including, illness or sustained hospitalization, household moves, family changes, death in the family, and abuse can affect a child's evolution of their beliefs and view of themselves. 

Although this article states that parents have no control over their child's self esteem, it explains that self-esteem is a social process and is easily influenced by how other see and treat them on a daily basis. Therefore, parents play a huge role in helping children develop a positive self esteem about themselves because they are the people that children spend most of their time with.]]> 2021-03-09 18:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289303254 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289392106 Self-esteem is defined as your overall opinion of yourself- how you feel about your abilities, limitations, and your respect for yourself. When you have a healthy amount of self-esteem, you feel good about yourself and you see yourself as someone who deserves the respect of others. When you have low self esteem, you might constantly worry that you aren't enough or put little to no value in your opinions. 

The list of things that can influence self esteem include:
-your thoughts and perceptions
-how other people react to you 
-experiences at home, school, work and in the community
-illness, disability or injury
-age
-role and status in society 
-media messages

I will talk about some of the factors in the other boxes.]]> 2021-03-09 18:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289392106 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289409479 2021-03-09 19:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289409479 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289420734 2021-03-09 19:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289420734 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289425097 "I can't do it." - https://sheerluxe.com/health-wellness/10-ways-to-overcome-low-self-esteem

Self-Esteem Collage - https://www.shutterstock.com/search/self+esteem]]> 2021-03-09 19:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1289425097 abreuer21 https://padlet.com/abreuer21/rhrqz2le9luem67s/wish/1308271438 Self-esteem tends to fluctuate over time, depending on your circumstances.  It's normal to go through times when you feel down about yourself and times when you feel good about yourself. Generally, however, self-esteem stays in a range that reflects how you feel about yourself overall, and increases slightly with age.

There are obviously two sides to self-esteem- low self esteem and high self esteem. Some benefits of high self-esteem include the following:

• Assertive in expressing your needs and opinions
• Confident in your ability to make decisions
• Able to form secure and honest relationships — and less likely to stay in unhealthy ones
• Realistic in your expectations and less likely to be overcritical of yourself and others
• More resilient and better able to weather stress and setback

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