Title: Explain the need to foster self-worth in a child.
Course: GRADS: Family Focus (19905-36) > Section: Managing Family Relationships

Explanation may include the need to

- demonstrate unconditional love: loving children for who they are, not what they do
- hug and cuddle
- speak tenderly to them
- demonstrate parenting strategies to encourage self-worth.

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- What does it mean to love your child for who they are, not for how they perform, behave, or what they accomplish?

Communication

- How can hugging and cuddling your child communicate their self-worth?
- Why is sincerity important when telling a child you love him/her?

Leadership

- Why is it important that unconditional love come from parents, even more so than from others?

Management

- How can receiving unconditional love affect a person’s ability to give love?
- What are the consequences of not encouraging self-worth in a child?