Raising Your Child’s Self-Worth, by Anneka Jordan
One of my passions is to see children happy and live a high quality of life. I care about the wellbeing of children on a holistic scale. I know that situations or certain incidences can knock confidence right out of a child very easily and therefore resulting in lack of self-esteem and self-worth for that child.
On a personal note, up until the age of around eight years old I was an extremely confident, bold and a fearless child. It was at this point that my confidence and self-esteem took a huge blow. To cut a long story short, I had just moved to a new primary school, I was taken to my new classroom, I walked into what seemed to be an eerie atmosphere. There was no adult in the room, just a classroom full of silent and unusually still children. I didn’t think anything of it and sat down. Moments later ‘Mrs x’ (who I won’t name) came into the classroom, and instead of welcoming me to the class, she took one look at me and was enraged that I had taken the initiative to sit down and furiously yelled at me before moving me to another seat in utter indignation. This was the beginning of my confidence and self-esteem depleting.
Day after day I was traumatised by ‘Mrs x’, making my school life there an utter misery. Some of the things that ‘Mrs x’ used to do was throw everything out of my desk and have me pick them up one by one back inside the desk and keep me in at playtimes for the entire duration. Her constant shouting and anger incited fright in me. So even when my parents had me moved out of that environment, I was still traumatised by that experience and carried that feeling of low self-worth within me.
Fast forward to adulthood, I knew I had to heal from that as it still had a negative effect on my confidence. I never wanted children to have any such experience in school life, and as children are my heart, I became passionate about their wellbeing. I noticed that children were always approachable towards me growing up and they would relate to me easily. I became a teacher and I always wanted to create a safe space for the children where they can enjoy school and enjoy learning in a happy and secure environment.
As I understand how fragile confidence and self-esteem can be to person, particularly to children, I have written a series of books focusing on raising children’s confidence, self-esteem and self-worth as well as building their character. I have named the book series ‘Kasey Series’ including six books centering around six different characters each with different self-worth and character issues. I want these books to help, uplift and inspire children as well as to empower them so that they can start the healing process and prepare them for a healthy adulthood.
Books from the Kasey series:
