The impact of self-awareness skills

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When we talk about children’s self-awareness skills, we are referring to their capacity to know themselves and, based on that knowledge, evaluate and respond appropriately to different personal and interpersonal situations. Thanks to self-awareness we know what we like, dislike, how were prone to react in certain situations, and how best to self-regulate our emotions and thoughts. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, these skills start developing around toddlerhood and continue to do so until adolescence and young adulthood, when a person’s personality settles a bit more after lots of self-exploration.

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Having good self-awareness skills will help your child to:

  • Understand their own feelings, thoughts, and subjectivity.
  • Understand that their mind is unique and separate from other people’s.
  • Make the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
  • Comprehend that other people are equally valuable than them, even if they think differently.
  • Estimate how difficult or easy something might be.
  • Understand their own strengths and develop a sense of self-worth and pride.
  • Admit their mistakes and accept help.
  • Develop empathy for others, as well as compassion for themselves.
  • Notice in what situations and with what things they struggle, and to identify how to work on it.
  • Think about how their actions might impact other people.

Because we constantly need to use our self-awareness skills in a myriad of different situations, and these skills lay the groundwork for many other social, emotional, and academic aspects of development, it’s important to help your kid develop their self-awareness skills. Your little one will reap the benefits of this throughout their life.

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