What Becky Kennedy has said about Self-confidence in children

2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 16, 2026

Becky Kennedy, American clinical psychologist and founder of the parenting platform Good Inside, has been quoted on Self-confidence in children 2 times in 1 episode of Call Her Daddy, most recently on September 16, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Kennedy argues confidence is self-trust rather than feeling good about oneself.

    “I think we've been fed this idea that confidence means feeling good about yourself. But I believe confidence is self-trust, which is a very different game”

    Call Her Daddy: Dr. Becky: Parenting 101 (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 27:18

  • Kennedy says parents now focus too much on believing children and not enough on believing in them.

    “I feel like we've started to focus a little too much on the I believe you part and not enough, which is also a part of confidence on the I believe in you part”

    Call Her Daddy: Dr. Becky: Parenting 101 (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 33:22

Episodes

  • Dr. Becky: Parenting 101

    Call Her Daddy · Sep 16, 2026 · 1 h 35 min

    Alex Cooper talks with clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy about sturdy parenting, boundaries, confidence, attachment, repair, fertility struggles and early motherhood.

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