10 Ways to Internally Motivate Confident Kids & Prepare Them For Life Success #525
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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How do you internally motivate kids who don't care about school or good behavior? You can't let them just fail or play video games all day--so what should you focus on? How can you build your child's confidence and prepare them for life success? Kirk gives you 10 practical steps and scripts to use. Want more tools to build your child's confidence and motivate your kids? Our BIG Fall Sale continues this week at https://celebratecalm.com/products/. Email [email protected] with any questions.
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