Low Self Esteem, How early does it start to affect a person?

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Low Self Esteem, How early does it start to
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• I am no Scientist or Doctor or have any
  qualifications in the medical field but I am a
  person who didnt have problems with low self
  esteem and that has brought up a son who gets me
  a lot of congratulations due to his behavior and
  well grounded view on life. His strongest point
  is his ability to see the best in situations and
  for deciding that no matter how hard things get
  that he will find a way through it and do not
  drown in low self esteem as well.

• A very wise person once told me When you think
  you are in Hell DO NOT STOP. Keep going. I think
  this is so true in todays fast moving society.
  Unfortunately a lot of people these days go to
  pieces when they hit a hard patch, fall down,
  have feelings of low self esteem and do stop
  moving which results in their situation never
  getting any better.

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• Back to my son and the questions at hand! I took
  my part as a parent very serious when we
  discovered that my lovely wife was pregnant. I
  did a lot of reading on the development of a
  childs mind. Having said that, most of my
  information came from my grandmother though. As I
  consider myself a good person I asked her what
  was her opinion on this. You see I was
  predominantly brought up by my Grandmother and if
  she did it right by me I have to listen to what
  she thinks and knows to ensure my son would grow
  up well also.

• The following was the most important step that
  came out of our many hours of discussions with
  each other. When your child is first born your
  responsibility towards its future begins. Yes the
  day your child is born. You see if a person is
  loved they are able to cope with more in life and
  have a far more positive outlook and lifestyle
  throughout their life.

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• To this end we had made a conscious decision
  to NEVER say a negative word or to yell at our
  son  NO MATTER WHAT HE DID. Yes we had some
  testing times when he was young but you know
  what, we discovered what we thought were testing
  times were actually nothing compared to what we
  were told from other parents with children around
  the same age. This got me thinking surely it
  could not be as simple as that. Dont
  misunderstand me, my son did get into trouble
  whilst he was young, after all he was a child.

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• I am talking about the way that you handle these
  situations that determine a childs future and
  his risk for low self esteem. You see whenever he
  did something that he was not supposed to we told
  him You are Not a good boy at the moment and we
  know you usually are, why did you do this and we
  did this without yelling but we did raise our
  voices. Lets talk about this sentence. You see
  there is a lot behind the wording.