How to stay confident as a parent and raise confident kids

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You know, at the end of the day, all we really want to know is how do we raise confident, self-reliant kids. Well, guess what – if you want to have a confident kid, you need to be a confident parent. The more confident you are in the choices you make and the things you ask them to do and the decisions you make every day, the more confident they will be that they are the right decisions. The more you worry, the more you stress, the more you apologize, the more they wonder whether they can trust your decisions or whether they can trust their own. It’s okay if you work; it’s okay if you don’t work; it’s okay if you’re spending a lot of time one day and not a lot of time the next day – do it with confidence and almost anything – within reason – your child can get used to.

Video Categories: ALL PARENTS, Parenting, Building Self-Esteem, Parental Stress and Anger

Jane Buckingham, Author and Parenting Trend Forecaster, shares advice for parents on what they can do to stay confident as a parent and raise confident, self-reliant kids

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Expert Bio

Jane Buckingham

Author & Trend Forecaster

Jane Buckingham is the author of the best selling book series The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life, The Modern Girl’s Guide to Motherhood, The Modern Girl’s Guide to Sticky Situations and the The Modern Girl’s Guide to Raising Decent Daughters (Decentdaughters.com). Buckingham was the host of The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life on The Style Network and is a regular contributor to Good Morning America. She is the founder and CEO of Trendera, one of the countries foremost trend forecasting and consulting agencies, working for companies including Gap, Hilton, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Fox, Paramount, and many others. She is the proud mother of a decent 11-year-old son and decent nine-year-old daughter.