Kid Confidence

Help Your Child Make Friends, Build Resilience, and Develop Real Self-Esteem

By: Eileen Kennedy-Moore PhD, Michele Borba EdD

Narrated by: Caroline Turner Cole

Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

Help your child cultivate real, lasting confidence! In Kid Confidence, a licensed clinical psychologist and parenting expert offers practical, evidence-based parenting strategies to help kids foster satisfying relationships, develop competence, and make choices that fit who they are and want to become.

As parents, it’s heartbreaking to hear children say negative things about themselves. But as children grow older and begin thinking about the world in more complex ways, they also become more self-critical. Alarmingly, studies show that self-esteem, for many children, takes a sharp drop starting around age eight, and this decline continues into the early teen years. So, how can you turn the tide on this upsetting trend and help your child build genuine self-esteem?

With this guide, you’ll learn that self-esteem isn’t about telling kids they're "special". It’s about helping them embrace the freedom that comes with a quiet ego - a way of being in the world that isn't preoccupied with self-judgment, and instead embraces a compassionate view of oneself and others that allows for both present awareness and personal growth. When kids are less focused on evaluating and comparing themselves with others, they are freer to empathize with others, embrace learning, and connect with the values that are bigger than themselves.

You’ll also discover how your child’s fundamental needs for connection, competence, and choice are essential for real self-esteem. Connection involves building meaningful and satisfying relationships that create a sense of belonging. Competence means building tangible skills. And choice is about being able to make decisions, figure out what matters, and choose to act in ways that are consistent with personal values. When children are able to fulfill these three basic needs, the question of "Am I good enough?" is less likely to come up.

If your child is suffering from low self-esteem, you need a nuanced parenting approach. Let this audiobook guide you as you help your child create unshakable confidence and lasting well-being.

©2019 Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, and Michele Borba, EdD (P)2019 New Harbinger Publications

A book a parent can rely on

Finally a book about building confidence in children and not self focus. This book should be taught to parents and teachers.

great book

Awesome content for parents who want a deeper understanding of self-esteem for their kids.

healing and educational

Never read anything that I could connect with.

This book is for any parent. However, for me it speaks directly to my soul. It is inspiring, includes academic research and breaks down the paradox of self esteem/selfishness.

Do not recommend

It deals with children of all ages and it doesn't really focus on making friends. Was not helpful at all