It is so important to instill high levels of confidence into your child, even from very early ages.

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A child with poor self-confidence will almost certainly have a much more challenging life than that of a confident child. Having good confidence causes a person to have certain traits in their character while having low self-confidence creates negative traits in people’s characters. 

Today I will give you a few examples of the countless disadvantages that low confidence can have on your child’s life. I was a victim of this until I changed my mindset. You can change too.

The Dangers of Low Self-Confidence 

There are many different disadvantages that come with having low confidence levels. These disadvantages can have a huge negative impact on a person’s current life as well as their future. That is why it is so important to instill high levels of confidence into your child, even from very early ages. 

Some examples of the negative impacts low self-confidence can have on a child are as follows: 

Scared to Try New Things: 
If your child has low levels of self-confidence they will likely find it difficult to try new things. The fear of failure will take them over, time and time again. This fear will stop them dead in their tracks every time they think of trying to do something new. 

Bad Social Impacts: 
If your child suffers from low self-confidence they will likely experience difficulty with their social life in the future. A task as simple as approaching someone to say hello can feel impossible if a person has low self-confidence. In order to be able to speak to other people and keep your head held high you much have good self-confidence. This can also extend into the classroom and your child’s learning. For example, if your child has very low levels of confidence they will likely be afraid of approaching a teacher and asking for help with what they don’t understand. They would rather just take the failing grade because they do not have to interact socially in this way. 

Emotional Issues: 
Certain emotional problems will likely be caused by long periods of low confidence. These emotional problems may include loss of happiness, anxiety, depression, irritability, and in extreme cases, suicide. Suicide most often occurs when a child feels as if they are nothing and will never be anything. Sometimes they hide this feeling from their parents and other times their parents do not pay enough attention, either way it is terrible that a child would do this. 

All of these emotional issues can have impacts on your child’s present and future life. That is why it should be your top priority as the parent of your child to ensure that they feel great about themselves and that they have high levels of self-confidence. Just keep in mind all the negative consequences that were discussed in this chapter while remembering that there are countless more and you will surely be motivated to start helping your child to better their confidence.