I've heard it said that the way we speak to our children often becomes their "inner voice"--you know, that little voice in their heads that encourages them to keep moving forward when things get hard or discourages them when they already feel insecure. Sure, kids all experience positive and negative feelings that impact their self-talk, but often, the self-talk children develop comes directly or indirectly from the way their parents or loved ones speak to them. If a child's