007 - Developing Confidence

We focus in this episode on ways you can help your teen daughter develop confidence.    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. 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. 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.  Roosevelt, Eleanor. You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life. HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. https://www.amazon.com/You-Learn-Living-Eleven-Fulfilling/dp/0062061577/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=eleanor+roosevelt+you+learn+by+living&qid=1593560775&sr=8-2 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. Amy Cuddy, Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are, Ted Talk, , https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?language=e