Not Everybody Gets A Cookie Essay

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Not Everybody Gets A Cookie When I was younger, I played soccer. I would play my little heart out. Of course it was like any other typical children’s sports team. The kids ran around and kicked the ball in ever which direction they pleased. I received a trophy or two for my participation on the team, but I received something that meant much more to me than those trophies. My coach would give a different child after each game a different colored star. The different stars would represent what we had accomplished or what we had improved on. The stars would stick on to our jerseys. I sure did think I was the stuff with those stars. They made me feel like I was doing something right, like I had earned something. It really helped me feel confident that I knew what I was doing. But if all we receive is a participation trophy, have we really earned anything? In my opinion, I think not. Just being apart of the team can get …show more content…

When children feel confident in what they are doing or themselves, it will help boost their self-esteem. If a child is not liked or doesn’t feel confident in themselves, it can lower their self-esteem. Self-esteem is important because it effects the way children live their everyday lives. As children grow older, relationships with their friends and other people in their life play a very important role in developing their self-esteem. It is important for parents to help boost children’s self-esteem because of the effects it can have in the long run. The science suggests that we need to be praise our kids on the process, not the results (Fader). Praising children by process will help them understand what they can improve on and focus on fixing it. While praising them on results could easily cause them to get a big head or hurt their feelings. It is important to teach kids that it is okay to lose so when they improve and receive an actual reward, it will increase there confidence because it was

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