Kids

Strategies to help self-critical children who tend to talk bad about themselves I hear kids say negative things about themselves all the time: "I'm so stupid!" "Nobody likes me." And of course: "I'm fat." Or "I'm ugly." Sometimes those comments are a kind of hooks in search of comfort. They can be harmless. But what experts call negative self-talk can also reflect an unhealthy tendency in children to think the worst of themselves, and that can lead to (or signal) something more serious. What is internal dialogue? Self-talk is essentially [...]