Boosting Children’s Self-Confidence Through News Reading

Did you know introducing children to news reading can significantly boost their self-confidence? Reading the news has many benefits that we, as parents, understand. 

One of the many benefits of reading the news is a drastic improvement in self-confidence. That’s because the news can make children understand cause and effect, improving how children perceive the world. Self-confidence is a concoction of a host of other benefits offered by news reading:

• Becoming aware: Children don’t need to know everything happening worldwide. However, we can inform them of significant world or national events so they are not misinformed by their peers or fake news sources.

  Aware children can handle the world’s happenings when they grow up without being overstimulated.

• Discussing the news: News gives children a new outlet to satisfy their curiosity and inquisitiveness. They can discuss the news with their peers in class, with us parents during meal times and even when guests come over!

• Improvement in language skills: Reading the news loudly can improve children’s pronunciation and fluency in spoken English. It can also help them boost their vocabulary by learning new words.

• Strong base for general knowledge: Reading the news builds a robust base of general knowledge. It can help them do well in competitive exams that they will take in the future.

• Increased attention span: Most online media is centered around short-form content, which has eroded children’s attention span. Reading the news can help rebuild attention span and focus.

• Promote opinion-building and decision-making: Reading the news can encourage children to formulate opinions on why they believe something is right or wrong. This mental exercise can sharpen their debating skills from an early age. 

Unfortunately, we parents know that newspapers, TV news debates and other websites from the internet are not appropriate news sources for children. Sometimes, sentences may be long and complex, the presentation may be too dull, or the content may be inappropriate.

However, specialised GK questions for kids websites address the abovementioned issues. Websites like Newsahoot are the best way to introduce your young one to the world of news and the habit of news reading!