Resilience & Confidence Archives - UPower Presentations - Sara Westbrook https://upowerpresentations.com/category/resilience-confidence/ Motivational Speaker About Confidence, Respect and Resilience Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:55:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Kids Afraid to Try https://upowerpresentations.com/kids-afraid-to-try/ https://upowerpresentations.com/kids-afraid-to-try/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:50:00 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=11005 Your child is not going to excel at everything – and that’s okay. Kids can think they need to be good at something before they’re willing to try. If they can’t be sure they’ll succeed, they may decide it’s better not to try at all. I was reminded of this when my son had the […]

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]]> Are Your Kids Being Judged? https://upowerpresentations.com/kids-being-judged/ Wed, 13 May 2026 23:04:55 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=10554 People will judge no matter what – so be you. That’s an important message for kids. Because no matter how they are being, someone will have something to say: Kids hear this constantly, and it shows up everywhere – in group chats, classrooms, sports teams, social media. It creates pressure to be someone they’re not. […]

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