Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 48. Finger Painting

Sit down on a newspaper-covered floor with your child and try finger painting with your toes.

Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 47. Fun Shapes

Cut your child's lunch sandwiches into fund shapes. Use cookie cutters to make stars, flowers, and leaves.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 47. Finger Painting

Sit down on a newspaper-covered floor with your child and try finger painting with your toes.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 46. Birthday Card

Buy blank note cards and decorate them together. Use them as birthday cards, get-well cards, or just for fun!

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 45. Relax

Make and paint a wooden birdfeeder together. Then sit and watch from the window as the birds fly over to enjoy your efforts.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 43. Digging spot

Create a "digging spot" in your backyard for your child. Make it a special place where he/she can dig as big a hole as he/she possibly can, make mud pies, and just generally get dirty.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 42. Let them be the boss

Play office at your home. Let your child be the boss!

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 41. Her Backpack

Spruce up her backpack with fabric paints.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 40. Drawing Time

Set up a still life and spend some time drawing it together.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 39. Family Tradition

Ask your child to come up with a new family tradition. Try to keep up the tradition at least once a month.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 38. Knowledge is Power

Get your child his/her own magazine subscription.


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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 37. Let your child be the first

Just once, let your child be the first one on the block to have something.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 36. Play School Together

Play school together, and let your child be the teacher. You'll be surprised at how much you both will learn.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 34. Greeting Card

When it's a holiday time, let your child sign his/her name first on your family's greeting cards.

Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 33. Tea Time

Have a make-believe tea party together. Allow your child to be the one who pours.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 32. Voice Mail

Let your child record the message on the family answering machine.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 31. Sleepover

Have the sleepover at your house sometimes. And to make your sleepover just a little more special, why not give it a theme, like a safari! Ask the children to wear animal pajamas. Have them eat animal crackers and roar like lions before they go to bed.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 30. Your child favorite CDs

Listen to your child's favorite CD - and try to like the music. You might even find yourself singing along one day.

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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 28. Extra Dessert

Let your child have an extra dessert once in a while.


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Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem! - 27. A change

Let your child tie your shoes an zip your jacket for a change.

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