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Helping Your Child Build Inner Strength
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What Is Inner Strength?
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What Gives a Child Inner Strength?
How Can You Help Children Build Inner Strength?
Make sure that your child feels safe
Encourage safe exploration
Help your child build social skills
Provide peer contact
Encourage independence
Help your child build self-esteem
Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress
Deal with fears
Recognize and develop special talents
Set limits
Use good discipline techniques
Teach self-control
physical punishment
How Can You Help Teens Build Inner Strength?
Help your child learn more mature ways of thinking
Help your child learn how to bounce back after setbacks
Address problems and concerns
Offer strategies to avoid tobacco, drugs, and alcohol
What Barriers Can Affect Inner Strength?
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