2006-07-24 03:00:52 · 18 answers · asked by passionsatbest 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Get his/her hair styled professionally.
Get them nice, stylish clothes that the other kids are wearing.
Find their talent and get them inrolled in a team activity.
2006-07-24 03:03:10 · answer #1 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Teens can be an unsettling time. So much is changing.
It's hard to give a specific answer because you weren't very specific.
Self-confidence is built by successfully doing things. And by getting "strokes" ... appreciation, rewards or awards ... for the accomplishments. As you get better and better with practice, you can do things that are harder. Ask any skateboarder, horserider or musician!!
So to help, you'd start someone doing something at a simple-enough level so they could succeed. But not too simple, it should become a challenge before long. If it's something they want to get better at, just getting better is a reward. And congratulate them every time they reach a new level of achievement!
2006-07-24 10:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by Luis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, the best way to build confidence is to keep active and persue things you are interested in. If you're a parent of a teen, never berate them for mistakes they make. Point out the reason its a mistake, and ask them to think about what they did so they don't do it again. But praise them alot, about everything that they do and everything they are. ...their talents, accomplishments, no matter how small. Encourage teens to persue things they enjoy, give them chores, small things to do, and praise them when they do them. Do things with them...and praise, praise, praise. Be in awe of them..let them know how wonderful they are, how proud you are that they are your child. I tell my kids all the time that they are amazing..and it pays off. They think I'm amazing too...a mutual admiration develops and with that self esteem and confidence.
2006-07-24 10:10:23 · answer #3 · answered by renie51 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sign them up in sports. Sports is like one of th best ways to build confidence in people of all ages especially kids and teens.
2006-07-24 10:04:28 · answer #4 · answered by Coco 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about getting him/her involved in something that he/she enjoys. For me as an adult, I have returned to college. I work hard and at times I feel very insecure. After all the hard work and the good grades I feel so much better. In the begining I was unsure and insecure but my confidence in myself has grown stronger over time.
Nice clothes helps to make one feel better but it's not a fix all. It is temp fix. It is important for a teenager to have nice clothes to fit in with the group, but really he/she needs to find something that they enjoy and can receive recognition for it.
Sports, poetry clubs, taekwondo are just a few ideas. What seems to be his/her interests and start with that.
Somebody else said it Praise Praise Praise. I am proud of you.
Good luck
2006-07-24 10:11:18 · answer #5 · answered by Peanut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to encourage the teen that he can be what ever he wants to be and praise him when he/she did something. Let them know their worth so they will never sell out. You can let them play sports where they can shine. But teens are stubborn when they have build there own opinion of themselves its hard to change I guess just be patient and never stop encouraging and telling them how good they are.
2006-07-24 10:12:30 · answer #6 · answered by WickeD_AngeL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people get self-confidence when then execl at something. For me it was martial arts as a teenager. For others it might be music, or athletics, or art, or whatever.
So I recommend allowing them to participate in whatever hobby they might like or encouraging them to try one that you think they might be good at.
I know this isn't probably what you are looking for b/c it's not a quick fix, it's a long term solution. But it's effective.
2006-07-24 10:10:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the gym. Nothing builds self confidence better than muscle
2006-07-24 10:02:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Verbally aknowledge things that the teenager does right. If he/she can't do anything right. Work with the teenager to show them the right way to do something, then aknowledge what they did right. The more things done right the more responsibility give, age apropriate.
2006-07-24 10:06:14 · answer #9 · answered by Kari W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let them know they are good at things. Take them wherever it is that enhances their abilites. Example: girls feel better when they have nails and hair done and maybe a tan. Boys: hair fixed, hanging wiht friends, etc. tell them you believe in them and support them until they believe it themselves and they will thank u for it later
2006-07-24 10:04:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋