Self-Esteem Resources

Canadian Child Care Federation

The Canadian Child Care Federation Web site provides an overview on Enhancing Children's Self Esteem that discusses how parents and educators can help children build positive self-esteem.

Canadian Health Network

The Canadian Health Network's goal is to help Canadians find information on how to stay healthy and prevent disease. This unique network is brought to you by the Public Health Agency of Canada and major health organizations across the country. This Web site offers a wealth of information on self-esteem in the mental health section.

Child and Family Health

The Child and Family Health Web site features a pamphlet on Children and Self-Esteem published by the Canadian Mental Health Association. This resource provides parents and educators with an overview of key elements for building children's self-esteem.

Kids Health

The Kids Health Web site explains what self-esteem is and why it is important in simple terms for children can understand. It reviews how children get self-esteem, why some kids may have low self-esteem and provides tips to boost self-esteem.

Parent Help Line

The Parent Help Line Web site provides information on children and self-esteem, how to build it and things that harm it under the topic of child development in the personality and emotional development. They also offer a national toll free telephone service.

Peel Health Department

This Peel Health Department resource on The Process of Strengthening Self-esteem provides adults with advice about understanding oneself, believing in oneself, self-reliance and the process of building self-esteem.

The Family Centre

The Family Centre of Northern Alberta has an excellent series of information handouts on self-esteem for families in their resource library. These include, among others, a self-esteem quiz, characteristics of low self-esteem and self-talk for building self-esteem.