Self-confidence in children
Subject in Parenting
Self-confidence in children has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Call Her Daddy. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Becky KennedyAmerican clinical psychologist and founder of the parenting platform Good Inside
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
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
Podcasts
- Call Her Daddy · 1 episode
Episodes
Dr. Becky: Parenting 101Call 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.