Free Positive Affirmations for Children

Highly sensitive children often need our help to turn their negative thoughts into positive thoughts. Reading positive affirmations out loud every morning can make a big difference to a child’s mindset whilst they prepare for the day ahead. Here are five free Happy Sensitive Kids positive affirmations for you to print out and use to reset your children’s mindset.

Magnifying the Negatives

Highly sensitive children are deep thinkers. They notice the details. Hence they consider the what ifs. They contemplate what could happen in any scenario. And so there is a tendency to focus on the possible negative implications. And then magnify those negative thoughts.

Reading Tip: Highly Sensitive Children are Masters at Magnifying the Negatives 

And such thoughts can be paralysing for a child.

Fear of Failure

Highly sensitive children are also often perfectionists. They have a deep fear of failure. For some children this fear is overriding and means that a child will not even start a task or project if they don’t believe they can carry it out without making any mistakes.

Reading Tip: How to Help a Child With Their Fear of Failure

It’s one of the reasons why highly sensitive children do not like to be closely watched, for example, whilst doing a test.

Mindset

Turning a fixed mindset (I can’t do it) into a growth mindset (I can’t do it YET) takes perseverance and time. But you certainly can help your child if you have the right tools.

Reading Tip: How to Turn a Fixed Mindset into a Growth Mindset and Why It Matters

Resource Tip: A Big Life Journal is a great tool to help instil a growth mindset. It’s also a fabulous idea to give one of these journals as a holiday gift.

Positive Affirmations

Starting the day with a positive statement or thought can make a big difference to a day.

Here are five Happy Sensitive Kids positive affirmations for you to download, print and laminate. Or make a card with. Whatever helps your highly sensitive child!

Today is My Best Day

The More I Practice the Better I Get

Its Hard But I’m Going to Do it Anyway

I Love Being Me

I Need to Empty My Bucket

Over to You

Which positive affirmation works for your child (or you for that matter)? Is there a phrase you’d like to see for download – let me know!

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