“What we often label as shyness, is true confidence” says Dr Becky, as she reveals best way to give hesitant children more confidence

Shy child.

Psychologist Dr Becky has shared her top tip for helping shy children to develop more confidence, a tip that will not only help them in childhood, but will see them through to their adult years too. 

There are a number of reasons why a child might lack confidence. It could be a natural stage in their child development as they begin to develop their communication and social skills. It could be that they find sharing their feelings hard, as is the case for a lot of kids. You could be parenting a deeply feeling kid, whose emotions and confidence levels are a bit all over the place. Or it could be all or none of those things.