What If Your Worry Is Unintentionally Shaping Your Teen's Confidence?
About this episode
This episode explores how a mother's worry and anxiety can unintentionally affect her teenager's confidence.
Have you ever found yourself thinking: "My teenager's confidence is so low." "I've told her a hundred times how amazing she is, but she just doesn't believe me." "I wish he could see what I see in him." If so, this episode might completely change the way you see your role in your teenager's confidence journey. In this episode, I'm sharing one of the biggest parenting blind spots I see in loving, intentional moms: The hidden connection between a mom's fear, worry, and anxiety... and her teenager's confidence. Because sometimes the very things you're doing to help your teen feel more capable are accidentally communicating the opposite. We'll talk about: Why confidence isn't built through more encouragement alone The bike story that changed how I think about parenting What toddlers and teenagers surprisingly have in common The difference between leadership and fear Why your teenager may be borrowing more than your words Most moms think they need support when they're yelling or when things are really bad at home. But what if support isn't for the yelling mom? What if it's for the loving mom... The thoughtful mom... The mom lying awake at night wondering if she's doing enough. The mom…
People in this episode
Host: Kristen Duke
Topics covered
- teen confidence
- parenting
- fear and anxiety
- support for moms
- encouragement
- leadership
Keywords
- teenager
- confidence
- parenting blind spots
- support
- fear
- anxiety
- encouragement
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