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Building Your Child's Confidence Through Evidence

Play Therapy Parenting Podcast

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The Internal Locus of Control in Kids

The internal locus of control is the most important thing that needs to be developed for kids confidence. You don't want them dependent on the validation that you provide or that someone else provides, which is why we don't praise. So when we encourage, it's not about outcome ever. It's about what work are they investing? What are they contributing? And you acknowledge that, which helps them to go, I did work hard. I didn't give up. I was able to keep going. Now all of a sudden, it's an internal locu of control. That's external Locus of Control seeking external validation. The head and the heart are always waging a war against each

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