How to Build Confidence in Children

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My name is Dr. Randall Hyde. On behalf of Expert Village I want to talk to you about how to have confidence. I was driving down the road the other day and I thought, is it possible to be happy even though there are problems? You have to be, otherwise no one would ever be happy. It's important to put problems in their own little spot, deal with them when you can but focus your life on what's good. There are always problems, problem solve. Take care of them. Peace and confidence comes from the faith in one self that no matter what happens, you can handle it. But you will land on your feet. What's the difference between being an adventurer and a hermit? How many adventurers can you name, explorers? Now you can name probably at least 20. How many hermits can you name? Very few because hermits don't really do anything. The difference between an explorer and a hermit is an explorer has confidence in themselves, it comes from within. A hermit believes that their safety resides from without. They sleep with their shotgun, they keep their $300 in their mattress. Confidence, real confidence comes from within, not from without. One way to teach your child confidence is get them to take care of themselves. I remember a time when I took my daughter, who was 4 at the time to a restaurant. But I called before hand and I told them, don't cook her hamburger. And so we both went in, we ordered hamburgers, they come out with mine, it is nice. Hers is raw hamburger. She looked at me and said, "Dad, they didn't cook my hamburger." And I'm like that's too bad, what are you going to do? Well tell them. I said, hey it's your hamburger. Bless her heart, she grabbed the waiter and said, my hamburger isn't cooked. Sweet little girl, the waiter, aww, he was wonderful. But he was prepared. He said aww, that is our mistake. And he brought her a milkshake, plus a cooked hamburger that they had prepared. One way to teach your child confidence is give them the experience, the opportunities to be assertive. Facing fears builds confidence and self esteem. Running from fears kills confidence and self esteem.

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