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I worry that my seven-year-old never seems to accept praise

Categories: Boys | Primary | Self esteem
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THE QUESTION:

I worry about my eldest boy, age seven. He hates getting praise and doesn’t like to be centre of attention. He hid an award from school about being pupil of the week in his class. Anytime I look up lack of confidence in children it’s always that they’ve been given out to a lot; but we are very relaxed parents. It’s like he doesn’t see any value in himself. He even told me he didn’t want presents from Santa this year and it broke my heart a little. What can I do to help him?

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