053: The Parent's Self-Esteem & How Much Does It Matter?

Your self-esteem impacts your confidence, how you show up in the world, and the way you see yourself. Your own self-esteem also impacts your parenting presence. What does that mean?    The way you show up in the world also impacts how you show up in the world of your child.    And the way you see yourself also impacts the way you see yourself as a parent. And since children observe us all the time (that is the way they learn after all), they also see how we react to the world and how that impacts the way we feel about ourselves.   Children learn how to feel about themselves by the way they see us feel about our own selves.    Whether we are aware of it or not, we teach them how to feel about themselves through modeling. So to help children develop a healthy sense of self-esteem, we need to check in with ourselves:   How is our own self-esteem? What can strengthen it?   That and more on today’s episode.       Want more ideas? Sign up here for the Emotionally Intelligent Parenting training.   Host: Julia Pappas, Psychologist & Parent Coach With questions and comments, please reach out on Instagram @theparentingpresence. Additional info is available at theparentingpresence.com