45 Positive Affirmations For Kids

Positive thinking is key to getting through lockdown with everyone’s sanity in tact. Our list of positive affirmations for kids can help children get through lockdown smoothly by encouraging resilience, hope, self-motivation and confidence.Lockdown can feel like an emotional rollercoaster sometimes. One day you’re full of the joys of spring - baking, doing arts and crafts with the kids, catching a tan in the garden…others, it can feel like you’re under indefinite house arrest with advanced cabin fever, surrounded by the most annoying people in the world. Keeping mind and body healthy is essential. We can all benefit from bringing more mindfulness into our lives right now. We’re living in extraordinary times and circumstances most of us had never even imagined to be a remote possibility. This is a great time to surrender to living in the moment - as they say, don’t worry about tomorrow, as tomorrow will take care of itself. No one can ever know what the future will bring, but today we can focus on ourselves and how we react to our individual situation and surroundings.For kids, lockdown can be overwhelming and disconcerting. Missing friends, routines, sports, family and school, the world can suddenly feel unsafe and kids can end up feeling insecure and adrift. By demonstrating positive thinking to our kids, by voicing positive thoughts and staying away from depressing and alarming news and rumours around them, we can help our children ride out this challenging time with a positive mindset.Regular use of affirmations can help to cultivate a growth mindset, where children believe that their innate abilities can be developed with dedication and focus in order to achieve their dreams and aspirations. A growth mindset will enable them to trust that they can do anything they put their mind to. Cultivating a growth mindset in your children will also result in their realising that their capacity to cope with new and challenging situations can be strengthened.Positive affirmations can be a real help in keeping kids focused on what they can control in the present moment. Affirmations are a powerful tool for manifesting positive change in our lives, keeping the inner critic at bay and focusing ourselves on our strengths, capabilities and possibilities. We have made a list of our favourite positive affirmations for kids which should help keep kids positive, mindful of how unique they are, and hopeful for the future.How Can We Use Affirmations?Parent-Child Affirmation RelayA great way to start your children’s affirmation practice is to go through the affirmations with them verbally. Pick out some positive affirmations that resonate with your child, sit down with them face-to-face, and repeat the affirmation back to each other. For example, you can take your child’s hands in your own and say to them: “You are free to make your own decisions. You can be whoever you want to be.” They repeat back, “I am free to make my own decisions. I can be whoever I want to be.” You can do this several times a day, every day, until it becomes a habitual thought for both your child and yourself.Affirmation BoardThis is a great way to keep kids reminded of their affirmations as they go about their day. Simply write your affirmations on a white board or write them on bits of paper and pin them up on a cork board. Keep your affirmation board somewhere the kids will see it constantly, such as the kitchen or living room. Every time they see their affirmation on the board it will reinforce the mantra.Mirror NotesAnother way to make sure your children are reminded of their positive affirmations is to write them down on post-its and stick them to their mirrors. They can also write these phrases on their mirrors with coloured pens so that their positive affirmations are one of the first things they see when they get up.Art ClassHave an arts and crafts session and get the kids to make their own bookmarks featuring positive affirmations of their choice. They can also do posters for their positive affirmations to put up in their room or around the house. The whole house will soon be overflowing with positive thoughts and positive vibes.Simple Affirmations For Younger KidsI am kindMy friends and family love meI bring joy wherever I goI am an amazing friendI am braveAffirmations For Self-RespectI am free to make my own decisions. I can be whoever I want to beI can make a difference in the worldI deserve to be loved and respectedMy future is unwritten, and I will write it my wayThere has never been and there never will be anyone exactly like me. I am here to just be meAffirmations For Challenging TimesThis too will passThe best way out is throughEvery difficulty I go through makes me stronger and wiserI learn from my challenges and I always find ways to overcome themI am a lighthouse, waves crash around me but I stand strongLockdown AffirmationsI am safe at home with my familyMy family and friends are staying home and keeping safeThousands of people all over the world are working on the solution right nowI choose to use this time to better myself and develop my talentsI am grateful for this opportunity to spend time with my family and to enjoy some time outAffirmations For Physical HealthMy body is strong and beautiful just the way it isI love myself and my bodyMy body is my most prized possession and I treat it with love and respectI am young and healthyEvery day I make the choice to nourish and exercise my body so I can be healthy and happyAffirmations To Release Stress and AnxietyI choose to remain calm when people around me get stressedWhat scares me today, won’t scare me tomorrowI am my own best friend. When bad things happen, I have my own backI am always in the right place at the right timeI trust my intuition to guide meAffirmations For LearningAnybody can learn anythingI can learn and succeed at anything I am interested inMy lessons help me understand the world and how I want to live in itThere is no time limit to learning. What I don’t learn now, I can learn laterThe more I learn, the more powerful I getAffirmations To Start The DayThis is my day and I choose to enjoy it, no matter whatEvery day and in every way I get better and betterThere is no limit to what I can think, learn and create todayI hold all the seeds of my future success in my hands right nowI allow myself to make mistakes today and learn from themAffirmations To End The DayI am grateful for what I have learnt and experienced todayToday I brought joy to my family just by being meI am wiser now than I was this morningI choose to rest my mind and body, ready for a new dayTomorrow is a new day, with unlimited potential