Identify Their Strengths and Weaknesses

The first step in encouraging your child is to identify their strengths and weaknesses. For this, you need to have a frank and honest discussion with them without any prejudices whatsoever. This will give you a clear idea of their current ability. Once that is done, you can now devote your time to helping your child improve on their weaker areas, be it in academics, sports, or social skills so that they can confidently make progress. After that, you can apply additional focus to where it is needed so that they can excel there as well. 

Set Clear Goals

Setting goals for your children is important for their self-development. In fact, it can also help your kids learn self-regulation. These goals will help your kids to evaluate their skills, such as, how far they have come, and how much more effort they have to put in. It will also help them stay on the path and not get distracted and will get them thinking about all the possibilities that the future holds for them. It may also help them to understand that if they truly want to lead a good life, they have to follow their goals.

Encourage Them

You cannot expect your child to reach their full potential if you do not encourage them from time to time. Your encouragement gives them a boost of confidence that is much needed for self-growth. You cannot constantly criticize what's wrong, you also have to show your acknowledgment of their efforts and the skills they are trying to achieve because this will motivate them further. Moreover, when your child sees that you are trying to be more involved with their lives and taking an interest in their growth, they will know that they have your love and support, and this will give them a sense of peace that will only push them forward in a positive way.

Use Supplementary Resources if Necessary

Nowadays, if you think that you alone cannot help your child in the way you want, then there's no need to fret because there are plenty of supplementary resources available in the form of books, study guides, educational toys, and so on that will help a lot. All these resources will go a long way to enhancing your child’s oral fluency and will also develop growth in vocabulary enhancing fluency and their ability to communicate.

Expose Kids to Various Experiences

A very important part of enhancing a child's potential is showing them what the world has to offer. If you do not expose them to new things, they will never come to know what they love. Introduce them to sports and other extra-curricular activities and then closely monitor what they love and what they don't. Be supportive about the things they are finding their passion in. Experiencing different things and then engaging with them not only helps in the intellectual development of a child but also nurtures them emotionally. This is mainly because the more activities they take part in, the more people they get to interact with, which, in turn, improves their social skills. 

Conclusion

Other than what has been already mentioned above, always encourage your kids to go outside to play. Take them on vacations whenever you can. Travelling can teach them a lot that conventional education doesn't. It creates happy memories and boosts their self-esteem, which helps them later in life. Together, all of these will help your child accept failures and understand the importance of growth in life, both of which are very important lessons.