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How to build confidence in children that will last a lifetime

How to build confidence in children that will last a lifetime? Confidence is built up ‘one experience of success at a time’ – not because people may praise you or tell you how well you’ve done, though that doesn’t hurt – but because you have accomplished something you can be proud of. That accomplishment is the great confidence builder, and it will spur you to go out and tackle the world.

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The Movie to watch with your child who feels different

I don’t go to the movies that often with my kids, but when I do, I try to pick a movie that will have some great moral values to impart for my kids. I find that after we walk out of the theater, the kids are all excited about the movie and we could just talk for hours about what we saw, why the characters did what they did and of course, what we could learn from them. Here’s one movie that I would watch any child who’s feeling different.

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