To help your child feel good about yourself, you need to start with themselves. Ребенок считает вас образцом для подражания и, наблюдая за вашим поведением, зорко подмечает все признаки отсутствия у вас чувства собственного достоинства. Ваша личная заниженная самооценка подобна смертельному вирусу для вашего ребенка. Он думает примерно так: «Мои мама и папа считают себя «неполноценными». Наверно, и мне следует так же относиться к себе». Таким образом, родители фактически заставляют ребенка разделять их искаженные представления, ценности и мнения, проистекающие из низкой личной самооценки.

Lack of self-esteem is often passedfrom generation to generation - from great grandfather to my grandfather, from father to son or mother to daughter - like a chain reaction. Each new generation of this disease increases, and the descendants suffer from it stronger than their ancestors. Evidence suggests that the tendency to suicide (suicide is the end result of long-term self-loathing) is also observed in subsequent generations. If the parents do not take drastic measures and do not tear this vicious chain, lack of self-esteem can badly affect further to unborn children.

The better we understand and appreciate the comprehensivethe effects of a low opinion of yourself, the more we realize that low self-esteem creates a lot of social ills. This is one of the main causes of mental disorders, alcoholism, suicide, drug addiction, and all sorts of crimes. In addition, a growing number of divorces and the destruction of almost all human relations society imposes a heavy tribute. The only way to resolve these dilemmas is detrimental to the development of high self-esteem in themselves and their children.