Welcome to The MegaSkills® Book Discussion Guide
Introduction to Guide




This guide is ideal for PTA meetings and group discussions on education and parenting.


This guide is designed to help each of us think about our children’s education and our role in building our children’s MegaSkills.


As you move through this guide, in a discussion group or in personal reflection, be sure to give yourself credit for the positive big and little moments with your children that can get overlooked in the rush of daily life.


The questions raised in this guide cover a wide age range from toddler into the school years.  They help us form a base of understandings that start young and keep going.


We encourage you to share with your children your comments and your experiences.  We value knowing what’s happening as you use the guide, and with your permission, to share your experiences and thoughts with others.


As parents, as teachers, wanting the best for our children, we’re together in the same boat together on a vast ocean.  We can all use help in rowing the boat across.


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MegaSkills® For

All of Our Children

   


Personal Reflections

and

Group Discussion Guide






Featuring the MegaSkills® Conversation Method


This guide accompanies


MegaSkills® (5th Edition): Building Our Children’s Character

and Achievement for the Information Age

and


MegaSkills® for Babies, Toddlers, and Beyond

Building Your Child’s Happiness

And Success in Life


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CONFIDENCE

Having It, Losing It, Rebuilding It


How can I help my child gain the courage to say:

“I can” instead of “I can’t”?



We may be born with confidence, but we do a lot of losing it.  Then we rebuild it again.  It’s an ongoing construction project.  We help children develop confidence by providing opportunities to have successful experiences. 


These experiences need to be small enough for a child to handle, large enough to really give the message “I can do it!” and easy enough for parents to work with.  It’s important for parents to tell children they are capable.  Yet, to feel truly confident, children need to experience their own successes.

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Asking Ourselves


What recent good thing helped give me more confidence?


What less-than-good thing happened recently? How did it affect my confidence?


What do I remember about my own confidence when I was growing up?



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Reminding Ourselves: When we feel hurt, we may think, “No one else has ever felt this way.”  Children may say, “You’ll never understand.”



I need to find ways to reassure my child that I do understand.


My children need to know that adult confidence has up’s and down’s. Here’s one way I work on rebuilding my own confidence and one way I help build my child’s confidence.



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