Boost Teenage Confidence with These Must-Try Activities

 

Confidence is essential for a person in every phase of life. During the teenage years, most teens face problems with bad communication skills, social skills, and low self-esteem and confidence. This thing has a bad impact on their personality. It doesn't let them perform up to their abilities in any situation. This article discusses some useful confidence-building activities for teenagers. These activities can easily be done and will help the teens to raise their confidence. This confidence will help them achieve academic goals, improve relationships, and do well in later life.

Why Is Confidence Important for Teens?

Confidence is a state of believing in yourself and your abilities. It is very important for teenagers during teenage and for the future life.  Having good self-confidence gives the following advantages:

• It gives them good self-esteem.
• Improves the mental and emotional health of the teenagers.
• Improve their decision-making and problem-solving.
• It helps them learn from their failures and be able to succeed.
• Teens with good confidence also take can take part in extracurricular activities and prove their skills.
• Makes teens socially good and they learn to express their viewpoints and feelings in a better way.
• It makes the teens easily fit in a new environment and face new situations.

Causes of Low Confidence in Teens

Now, we'll throw light on some causes of low confidence in teens.

Academic Pressure

During their teenage, the most important thing for teens is to focus on their academic performance. Sometimes, they focus only on their school performance and don't get involved in extracurricular activities and sports. They don't discover their hobbies and interests. In this way, they limit their world to just one thing which is academic grades. Other activities are also important for teens. They explore their abilities and creativity. It uplifs their confidence.

Mental Health

The mental health issues like depression and anxiety also come in the teenage. This phase of life is a great transition period for everyone. We learn many things, make mistakes, and get prepared for adulthood. At this age, mental health issues are also common. Today's technology, use of mobile phones, and social media also impact the mental health of children and teenagers.

You should look at whether your teenager is facing mental health problems. These lower the self-esteem and confidence in the boys and girls of this age. Some signs of depression include staying isolated, not wanting to talk to anybody, not participating in social gatherings, and finding no interest in anything, etc.

No Real World Exposure

Teenage is a period in which a boy or girl moves from childhood to adulthood. Some teens don't get involved or are not allowed to get involved in real-world problems, and activities and discover their hobbies. As a result, they stay far away from real-world challenges and solutions. It keeps them in their comfort zone. So, they struggle in their practical life. You should ask your child to take part in other activities and learn social skills, communication skills, problem-solving, negotiation skills, etc. It will help them a lot in the future. When we have skills, we have confidence as well.

Lack of Support

Teens need the support of their parents, elders, and peers. It gives them confidence and helps them show better performance in school and non-school activities. Lack of Parental care, support, and guidance makes the teens have bad confidence. It limits their mental growth and learning. You should support your child to take part in the activities he or she loves doing, and appreciate their achievements. It will boost their confidence and self-esteem.

Comparing Them With Others

Another reason that can contribute to the lack of confidence in teenagers is comparing them with others. Understand that not everybody has the same skills, same passions, and the same mindset. We all have unique hobbies, interests, passions, skills, and different roles to play in life. Don't compare or judge your teens by comparing them with others. It will make them hurt. They will feel that they can't do anything right. It kills their confidence and they feel awkward in new situations, problems, and places.

Teenage Confidence Building Activities

1. Reflecting on Past Achievements. Recalling past achievements gives you the confidence that you can do well. It gives you a sense of confidence in your future matters. It may be a school performance, sports performance, or anything else.

2. Self Appreciation. Appreciating yourself and saying "I can do it", also gives you the confidence and self-esteem to achieve your goals. The positive or negative results are a result of our thinking and actions. If we have a strong belief that we can do something and we are confident, we can definitely do it. If we lack confidence and we are not sure whether we will be able to get it or not, then we're unable to achieve it. So, self-appreciation is a very important factor in raising self-confidence in teens.

3. Finding Personal Strengths and Abilities. Ask your teenagers to take part in various activities, and sports and discover their hobbies and interests. It will help them find their areas of strength. Everybody is not good at all things. I have some abilities and you have some other ones. By finding and realizing our personal strengths, we come to know that we have these skills, and having skills gives us confidence.  Basically, when we know that we can do something we are confident. It's simple.

4. Practicing Positive Body Language. Body language is a type of nonverbal communication. Others judge whether you're confident or not through your posture and body language. Help your teens work on their body language. It will make them confident in understanding the viewpoints of others and talking in a better way.

5. Maintaining a Supportive Social Circle. As we discussed earlier teenagers need support. Help your teenager keep a supportive social circle. It is generally said that we are the reflection of the people with whom we spend most of our time. So, a supportive social circle will help your teenager to learn many skills and build confidence.

6. Doing Physical Activities. Doing physical exercises, and walking also helps our teens refresh their minds and improve their mental health. It removes stress and anxiety in teenagers and calms their minds.

7. Participating in Volunteer Works. Participating in volunteer work and social organizations gives the teens the confidence to do their duties. It teaches them teamwork and working for the welfare of others. By doing this they learn responsibility, decision-making, problem-solving, helping others, social skills, communication skills, etc. Plus, having such small achievements in life gives a great confidence. It gives an assurance to the teens that they are valuable, talented, and can do something.

8. Doing a Job. Getting a job gives a sense of responsibility and experience. It teaches us to handle financial situations and the teens learn the value of self-earned money. They develop a habit of working and we all know that a hard worker has confidence. It allows working with other people and making new friends, memories, and experiences.

9. Limiting Screen Time and Social Media. In this age of gadgets, everyone uses mobile phones and social media. Excessive use of social media has negative consequences, especially for our children and teenagers. It damages their self-esteem and self-image. It wastes their time and affects badly their mental health.

10. Reading Self-Help Books. Reading personal development and motivational books has many lessons and lessens anxiety and depression. Every successful person has a habit of book reading. Do an activity of reading books with your teenagers.

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The Last Say (Conclusion)

In conclusion, it's not uncommon for teenagers to face such problems but by following the guidelines given in this article you can help your teenager grow his skills, confidence, and self-esteem. With good self-esteem and self-confidence, teenagers perform better under all situations and challenges. Remember that it's not an overnight game. Take patience and keep working with your teens to make their skills better.