self-confidence

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Parents say having positive women of color as role models is crucial for building self-confidence in girls of color.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Trina Rodden from youth unemployment charity The Shaw Trust says they have seen a real increase in young people having self-confidence issues and anxiety, partly due to the pandemic.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

"And for sure we want to improve, we want to be better in every area, with that sense as well of self-confidence and conviction that we are on the right path."

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

We regularly took our toddlers to the park so they could build self-confidence on the jungle gyms, and we took our teenagers to visit the city’s cultural attractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

A veneer of jaunty self-confidence thinly concealed his nervousness.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley