We focus in this episode on ways you can help your teen daughter develop confidence. 1. What confidence is and how it can change EVERYTHING. * Confidence is the belief that you’ll be successful or make the right choice in a particular situation. Act courageously! * Confidence is nuanced – we can have confidence in some areas but not in others. * Confident people are not necessarily loud, athletic, or popular – quiet, average people can be very confident. * Confidence affects everything – confident teens are more likely to be assertive, positive, and persistent. 2. Confidence is like a muscle – it can grow. * We can improve confidence with practice * 3 Tips on developing confidence: pictures success, growth mindset, and practice failure. 3. How parents can help. * Create strategy * Make friends with fear * Try to new things * Keep trying after failure * Be good example * Fake it ’til you make it * Be able to disagree * Have lots of conversations
RESOURCES:
- How to Build Confidence in Teenagers, https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/development/social-emotional-development/confidence-in-teens
- Adolescence and Self-Confidence, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/201306/adolescence-and-self-confidence
- Roosevelt, Eleanor. This Is My Story. Dolphin Books, 1961.
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- Amy Adkins, 3 Tips to Boost Your Confidence, Ted Talk Ed, https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_adkins_3_tips_to_boost_your_confidence/transcript?language=en#t-241833
- The Confidence Podcast, Blackwell, Trish, host.
- Confidence in Teenagers, https://www.healthyfamiliesbc.ca/home/articles/confidence-teens#:~:text=Having%20confidence%20helps%20teenagers%20make,%2C%20engaged%2C%20enthusiastic%20and%20persistent.
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