Question

Michelle is a twelve-year-old girl. She has been very conscious of her looks and feels that she appears fat although she is not. She also does not like speaking to her parents. How can her parents help build her self esteem?
1)They should ignore Michelle and leave her on her own.
2)They should keep nagging Michelle to talk to them.
3)They should ridicule Michelle in front of her friends for displaying such behavior.
4)They should compare Michelle with her friends.
5)They should assure Michelle that she can approach them whenever she needs them.

Answer 1

5 because im sure her parents dont want to force anything on her or be rude to her

Answer 2

The correct answer is 5)They should assure Michelle that she can approach them whenever she needs them.

Explanation:

Self-esteem refers to the concepts and ideas we have about ourselves, this aspect is important because if often influences our decisions, attitude, behavior and even our motivation. Additionally, it is common during adolescence individuals have low self-esteem or struggle to recognize their value and qualities. One way parents can address this is by offering children support and remind them about their strengths. This also means parents should avoid ridiculing, criticizing, ignoring or comparing their children to others as this just causes children to feel bad about themselves.

Thus, Michelle's parents can help to build her self esteem by assuring she can approach whenever she needs them (Option 5), because this shows supports from the parents which is necessary for Michelle to reassure her own image and feels better as she can find support on her parents when she feels bad or insecure about herself.