How to Boost Your Child's Self-Confidence

How to Boost Your Child's Self-Confidence

Author: JLML Press November 25, 2025 Duration: 29:04
We all aspire for our children to grow up with a positive self-image and an abundance of self-confidence. When life throws our child a dilemma, it’s our natural instinct to want to fix it, or at least work them through the uncomfortable feelings with a pep talk. In this encore episode, Janet answers questions from three listeners and offers a more helpful – albeit counterintuitive – perspective that can help children learn resilience and find the kind of confidence in themselves that lasts a lifetime. Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at ⁠NoBadKidsCourse.com⁠ and ⁠JanetLansbury.com⁠. Her best-selling books ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠“No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame”⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting"⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are available wherever books are sold. Please Support Our Sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drawing from over twenty-five years of hands-on experience, Janet Lansbury brings a grounded, compassionate voice to the often chaotic world of raising children. Her Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled podcast, presented by JLML Press, isn't about quick fixes or following a strict rulebook. Instead, each conversation takes a real question or struggle from a parent and explores it with depth and empathy. What you'll hear is a thoughtful discussion that reframes common challenges-from tantrums to power struggles to sibling rivalry-through the principles of respectful parenting. Janet’s approach consistently moves the focus away from seeking control and toward understanding the child's perspective and fostering a genuine connection. This isn't about memorizing scripts or employing tactics; it's about a fundamental shift in how we see our children and ourselves within the family dynamic. Tuning into this podcast feels like having a wise, calm consultant in your ear, offering clarity and practical insights that empower you to respond with more confidence and less reactivity. The discussions in every episode aim to replace frustration with understanding, providing parents with a sustainable framework that honors both the child's development and the parent's need for a more peaceful home.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled
Podcast Episodes
3 Ways to Lift Your Parenting Spirits (with Loryn Brantz) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:49
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Discipline That Works - Your Best Responses to Your Kids' Behaviors [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:39
Respectful, effective discipline can be challenging for us to learn, and experience is our best teacher! With that in mind, Janet shares several encouraging success stories from parents who faced frustrating or infuriati…
How to Stop the Screaming [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:30
There's nothing unusual about a child screaming, but sometimes it can become a go-to response to any situation. Janet responds to a parent who says her 3-year-old has become "stuck on screaming... She screams at her frie…
Play That Builds Skills and Bonds Us (with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:05
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Crying at Separation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:06
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When to Let Kids Quit [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:09
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It's Not Too Late to Stop Yelling or Spanking (with Lavinia Brown) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:05
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Tattling and Threats [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:12
Certain behaviors our kids display can really wind us up. In this episode, Janet offers a solution to three common ones. First, tattling—when our kids seem to have the incessant need to tell on friends or siblings for ev…
Stop Whining [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:49
Our child's whining can be the most earsplitting sound imaginable and, unfortunately, our negative reactions to whining can tend to make matters worse. How do we make the whining stop? A parent writes to Janet that her 7…