You see, the teen years are really a trying phase for most teenagers, and this is why it is easy to understand whys teenagers tend to be a lot hard on themselves. If you are a teenager, and in need of some real confidence boosting, then here are some things that you can do to help yourself out.
 

The world of teenagers is one that is laced with a lot of unsettlement and self-doubt, and it makes the teenager question his own capabilities and integrity. Of course, nobody says that the teen years are expected to be exactly wonderful, but the truth is that teens would need a lot of confidence boosting to get things right.
 

There are some things that are going to be written below to help the struggling teenager get the best of his self esteem. There is not promise that doping these things would actually boost your self esteem, and for a teenager that is suffering from a chronic self esteem problem, it probably wouldn’t. But if you try this out, then you are sure to get some headway and see some progress in your desire to boost your self confidence.
 

• Learn to smile a lot often : You see, if you look at it for a moment, you would agree that it makes a lot of sense. People like people who are friendly, and smiling to boot. You see, even if you are forcing yourself to smile, in time it would actually work wonders for your mood.
   
• Maintain a good posture : First of all, a good posture actually makes you look good. Standing tall can also do wonders for your confidence. Also, in the area of ergonomics, there is the benefit of standing tall, seeing as it helps to relieve stress on your shoulders and the neck and back regions.
   
• When talking to people, make good eye contact : a lot of teenagers are really shy that the shyness might actually be tagged to be a syndrome. In actual facts, when staring in the eyes of teenagers like this, what you see is a message saying: stay away from me! However, as a teen, if you meet the gaze of the person talking to you - whether it is your teacher or someone you have a crush on – makes you a lot more presentable and loveable.
   
• Take things easy with yourself : Of course, nobody is perfect, but they thing with teenagers is that they tend to concentrate a lot on the wrong things about themselves that they totally mask out the right and good gifts that they have. Teenagers would need to come to terms with the fact that everyone actually feels a lot insecure at one point in their lives, although not everyone actually reveals it to the other. The key to self confidence is not listening to that voice that seeks to broadcast your limitations and imperfections and to concentrate more on the good things that you can do. This is while working to change yourself more positively.
   
• Learn to do the things You love doing : A lot of teens often get into fights with their parents, because it seems that they would never agree when it comes to their priorities and goals. However, the golden rule to this kind of thing is this: as long as when w teenager has deduced to take on is not harmful or destructive then they should be allowed toe do what they feel zealous about. What’s more, [parents should be able to encourage their kids in what they want to do. Tell me; what better way is there to boost a teen’s self-esteem than to let him do what he really feels keen on doing?
   
• Procrastination should be wiped off the teenager’s dictionary : when it comes to procrastination, it seems that teenagers are the best pals of that word. But the thing is that, life is already a muddle on its sown, without having to pile up stuff. You see, the more you pile things up that you would rather have done earlier, the more life tends to spin out of your own control. And with that lack of control over your own life comes the sickening feeling of a low self confidence. When teenagers try to get things done at the right time, they tend to do them better, and also tend to become a lot more self confident. They might consider some time management training to employ this tip.
   
• Learn to walk away : There are quite a number of teenagers who are usually engaged in something that is not wholly helpful to them, simply in a bid to get the approval and love of some people. The thing is this: the teenagers would know that what they are doing is actually not good, and would harm a lot of people, including themselves, but they would do it nonetheless. It’s all in a bid to feel a measure of confidence and acceptance, really. Teenagers would need to stop for a minute and take a warning from their better nature – the cautious part of their personalities. They would need to know that they can always have sex, or smoke or drink later own in life, when they are of age, but that right now it is totally not appropriate for them to do so. They would need toe know how they can be permanently scarred if they engage in such vices at an early age.
   
• Another note on walking away : Teenagers should learn not to be helpful to people only because they feel useful when they do so. They must never accept to be another person’s door mat or bell boy, no matter whether the person is a friend.
   

In all, every teenager must apply where wisdom where necessary. Self control must be practiced at all cost in order to maintain self esteem.