Speech On Self Confidence

“Don’t let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.” (Hall) My paper is on self-confidence. I chose this topic because, I want to find a way to help my sister feel better about herself and I want to be able to understand where she is coming from when she has rough days. This paper doesn’t directly benefit me as much as it possibly may help my sister grow a little more and show her how to “come out of her shell” and do things to gain self confidence. This topic is important to me because I 've been watching my sister grow for the last 15 years and I noticed right as she entered into middle school, she wasn 't the happy, fun sister I had before; she used to be fun to hang out with and laugh with but now she is …show more content…
It’s best to involve the parents in the process when dealing with teenage girls and their low self esteem and low self confidence. According to PBS.org, the best things a parent can do to raise a powerful girl is to encourage their daughter to pursue a passion. When a girl finds her talents and keeps working at them and perfecting them, it adds a sense of pride knowing she took on that challenge and learned ways to overcome it and master it. Also, you can make time to talk to your girl one on one. During these sessions it is best for you to do most of the listening instead of telling your daughter what you think she wants to hear because most of the time it’s not even close to what she wanted to hear. If your daughter starts to get angry and disagree with you, don 't stop her. It 's natural for her to get angry at some of the things you tell her.(PBS Parents) Instead of strictly punishing her, let her find a way to work out her problem on her own and if it gets to the point where someone 's safety is at risk or you feel the situation isn’t getting any better, then you can step in. She is her own person and may not see completely eye to eye with you but you can 't punish her when she doesn 't agree because that will cause her to rebel against your words because she’ll get that rush knowing she 's doing what her mom or dad told her not to do. According to the Child Mind Institute, you can help your daughter reduce the risk of low self confidence and low self esteem later in life by showing her how to be “media literate” which means you teach her the meaning of anything and everything on the tv or in magazines in case she doesn 't know. One of the biggest I saw while researching was to direct your attention away from your daughters appearance and more on non-appearance things. If you have to give your daughter a compliment about her looks, try to give her two