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How to Build Confidence in Your Kid? Slow Down (+ Let Them Be Bored)
When was the last time your child was allowed to be bored? Not scrolling, not rushing off to practice, just bored. Veteran teacher Bridget Gengler thinks that empty space has a lot to do with how to build confidence in your kid, and her reasons may surprise you.
Bridget once taught a quiet boy who dreaded being in the class wax museum. That’s the day every student dresses up as a famous figure and gives a speech to a room packed with parents. For him, it might as well have been a stadium. Bridget didn’t hand him the assignment and hope for the best. What she did in the months before that…
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