Confidence

The Bean Trees By: Barbara Kingsolver
page 299

"Mama, you were always so good to me. I've been meaning to tell you that. You acted like I'd hung up the moon. Sometimes I couldn't believe you thought I was That good"
"But most of the time you believed it."
"Yeah. I guess most of the time I thought you were right."

Children who are told they are awesome will grow up believing they are awesome. The words you say are powerful and you need to know to gaurd your words