A YouTube video describes how Melanie, a Utah mother, and her son Hudson do a daily routine of saying

positive affirmations to themselves while they gaze into the mirror. The video claims that the ritual began when Hudson was ready to enter preschool.

They tell themselves things like, ‘I am smart,’ ‘I am beautiful,’ and ‘I am loved,’ while they are gazing into the mirror.

Melanie said that Hudson has started doing them on his own initiative, without prompting from his devoted mother, during their interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

She remembered hearing him declare, ‘I am smart,’ and ‘I am strong,’ when she was with him at the grocery store.

What a lovely, straightforward, and powerful method to impart to a young child the knowledge of their value, significance, and love.