EPISODE 3: How Control Restricts Freedom and Limits Future Success

Welcome to Parents Talk, the podcast focused on raising strong, confident kids today so they don’t grow up needing to fix what was broken later in life.


I’m your host, Francine Juhlin, founder of The Confidence Club for KIDS. Each episode features real conversations and practical guidance to help parents support their children’s confidence, independence, and emotional growth.

In this episode, we talk about control and how it can affect a child’s sense of freedom and future success. Elba Gardon, a mother, grandmother, and life coach, shares what she has learned about the impact of trying to control children too closely. She explains how too much control can limit independence, reduce creativity, and hold kids back from reaching their full potential.

This conversation highlights why giving children room to think, choose, and grow on their own is so important for building confidence and resilience.

Join us as we continue these meaningful conversations to help parents raise confident kids, one episode at a time.