Ten Self-Esteem-Building Tips for Teens No comments yet
CHICAGO, IL - February is National Boost Your Self-Esteem Month and not a month too soon for teens who are in dire needs of self-esteem boosting. Low self-esteem is a critical issue facing teens today. It has been proven that low self-esteem affects learning and can lead to such problems as delinquency, unhealthy relationships, eating disorders, drugs and suicide. According to most estimates, about 30 percent of today’s teenagers are dropping out of high school and every school day 160,000 students miss school because of bullying.
“Just be yourself, stand up for yourself and never give up,” says Ashlie, 17, who dealt with high school pressure and self-esteem issues so often that she eventually dropped out of high school. Ashlie did not give up. She went back, got her G.E.D. and is now pursing a Bachelor’s Degree in Business. She says she experienced a lot of pressure in high school. She felt like she was “competing” with girls. “They were competing over the guy’s attention, who was the prettiest girl, who wore the nicest clothes, etc.” She did not know why they were competing with her but she thinks it was a result of jealousy and low self-esteem.