Özet:

Self-esteem, an important aspect of self-concept, is the term which expresses the global evaluation of oneself. Coordinated stimulation of child's development of self-esteem of children by parents and kindergarten is an important prerequisite for a child's overall mental and physical development. The aim of this study was to examine the differences in various aspects of interaction between experts in kindergarten, parents and their children, regarding to the child's self-esteem encouraging, considering the age of the child. Participants were an occasional sample of 102 mothers who had children involved in preschool programs in Croatia, in December 2009. We applied the Questionnaire about parental perception of encouraging self-esteem in kindergarten. The results showed that there were no statistically significant age differences in parents' perception of how the assistance of the kindergarten can help children in developing self-esteem; no differences were found in parents' use of various sources of knowledge about the development of self-esteem used in rearing the child, as same as in regard to the type of information that parents receive from the educator of the child. However, differences exist in the ways that parents use to encourage self-esteem of the child, which are somewhat more common in older children.

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