Dr. Anne Marie Evers

Building strong, positive lasting Relationships with your children.

Learn how positive affirmations for children can provide a solid basis for success and happiness in your child’s life.

About Children’s/Teenager’s Affirmations

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It is my prayer/affirmation that children and parents learn the power of the spoken word (Affirmations) and develop stronger, a more positive framework and relationships.

Positive Affirmations for Children. The most important gift we can ever give our children is how to use the power of the spoken word, Affirmations.

Watch this wonderful video about “Passing it On” and the ripple effect it has on others.

Teaching your child to use the power of Affirmations at a young age is one of the best gifts you can ever give them.

Although we start life with simple, childlike faith, we become programmed by limited, negative thinking. Teach your children to clear their minds of worry and think happy, positive thoughts before going to school or any time during the day.

I read that current brain research shows that when a person is tied up in his or her emotions, he or she is unable to access the part of the brain where thinking and learning occur.

By making positive, affirming statements to your children, you program and encourage them in a positive way, enhancing their self-esteem and their faith in themselves.

Start encouraging your young children to make small choices and decisions. For example, allow them to decide what dress or shirt to wear. When they get older, they will have the basic decision-making framework in place to make big, important decisions.

During the first years of school, children are concerned mainly with how they feel. Teach your children to use the power of Affirmations and affirmative thinking, to assist them in creating healthy relationships with others while they are still young.

Say Affirmations directly to them. A child’s inner talk does not just happen; it is born of what children hear from other people. Children absorb words, feelings, actions, and beliefs from you and others and they internalize them.

When children hear words of praise and encouragement, they learn to love, praise, and respect themselves. If they hear words of criticism and blame, they learn to feel ashamed and worthless and they blame themselves. Affirm and validate the positive qualities and unique talents in your child.

You can teach your child to watch his or her thoughts, words, actions, and manners, and use positive Affirmations to help them love and respect self and others. Affirmations of unconditional love go right to the core of children; they thrive on words of encouragement about how smart they are and what good marks they get on their report cards.

Children can be programmed negatively in subtle ways. When you tell your children to be careful, for example, you may be implying that the world is full of great big boogiemen lurking around every corner and tree. It is extremely important to talk to children about the real dangers, such as speaking to strangers or taking rides or candy from people they do not know. Do refrain from filling their innocent minds with thoughts of doom and fear.

To further enhance your child’s positive outlook, be careful to avoid using the word but. For example, if you say to your child, I love you but you are lazy and untidy, you are affirming your child’s negative behavior and canceling out the positive statement of love. Affirm the child’s special attributes, saying, “You have a great smile, your skin is silky, or your teeth are so perfectly formed.” You can always find something positive to say to your child.

Affirm your children’s worth non-verbally, with a hug, a loving look, and by spending quality time with them. Words are important but the need to be mothered by the action of love is of utmost importance. When you have congruence with words, feelings, and actions, your Affirmations ring true. Affirm positively on a regular basis and your child will internalize the words you say.

To learn more about Affirmations and how you can make them work for you and your children, please read my best-selling book, Affirmations Your Passport to Happiness and Much More, 7th edition.

You will discover many methods, affirmations and ideas you can use in your most important job – Parenting!

Make my book your framework for every day living, thus ensuring your child’s success and happiness.

Message to Kid’s from Anne Marie

Kids please enter your question at the bottom of this page.

Think about your most important question whether it be about excelling in sports, doing well in school or having more friends. I can show you simple Affirmations to help you achieve your dreams.

We reserve the right to review all letters and publish those that we feel are appropriate. We are interested in receiving emails that will be helpful to other children worldwide.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for emailing me and I look forward to hearing from you.

From Dr. Anne Marie Evers.

Emails from Other Kids

A message from an 8 yr old boy…

Dear Affirmations doctor:

My name is Jamie and I am 8 years old. I have a dog named Toby. How can I teach Toby to do tricks? My brother James, who is 12 says Toby is older than me (in dog years), but he seems kinda dumb. I am smarter than him. Can I use affirms to help? Thanks Jamie P.S. He is a ‘boy’ dog.

Dear Jamie:

(a) Spend time showing and teaching him (b) Be gentle and patient. Reward Toby with loads of praise, petting and giving him his favorite dog biscuits when he learns a new trick. Dogs thrive on praise. Remember dogs have feelings too and it takes time to learn new things, just like boys and girls. It is so important to say kind, loving words to Toby. He is very sensitive to the tone of voice that you use and what you are feeling.

I would suggest only teaching him a few tricks to begin with like (a) speaking, (b) sitting, (c) shaking a paw and (d) rolling over. Your affirmation would be:

“My Toby now learns his tricks easily and we have fun together?

Please keep me posted on Toby’s progress and your use of affirmations. I am always so happy and pleased to hear from you and your friends.

A message from a young girl…

Dear Affirmations doctor:

I try my hardest but I can’t always seem to pay attention all the time. My mom is sad and I want to make her happy. My little sister is so hard to take care of. My step dad is always mad at me. Help me. Help my family? Alanna

Dear Alanna

You sound like a lovely girl and I thank you for writing to me. First of all about paying attention, you could do the following affirmation to help you focus. Did you know that an affirmation is like a wish or goal? Also when people have a birthday cake with candles and blow out the candles and make a wish, they are doing an affirmation.

Affirmation for Alanna-Concentration

“I, Alanna now place all my attention on what I need to know. I direct my attention to the important things that I need to know and remember to the good of all. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Signed: Alanna ____________
Dated: _________________

When a magnifying glass is held steadily and close enough over a newspaper and the sunlight is strong enough it will burn, but if we had exactly the same conditions, but moved the magnifying glass back and forth, which would be scattering, it would not burn. This shows the power of concentration and focus on one object.

That is the same as you concentrating and focusing on one thing and putting it in your mind.

I am very sorry that you mom is sad. We cannot make other people happy Alanna, all we can do is to be happy ourselves and when you are happy that will help her. As for the question about your little sister, you did not say how old she is, but try and remember back a couple of years (or so) when you were that age and that can help. Also we teach the children in Grade 3 about the Empathy Shoes that means walking in another person’s shoes, trying to really understand how he or she feels. I would also suggest another affirmation:

“Our home is harmonious and happy. We are doing our very best to make our home happy. Thank you, thank you, thank you.” Sign and date it.

I really hope this will help you. I am very proud of you for being so aware, caring and also for writing to me. Contact me here

With Much Caring

The Affirmations Doctor.