01Building Confidence in Children
Nurture confidence through participation, encouragement and effort—not pressure or comparison.
Stories theme
Confidence & Independence
Willingness to try, make choices, participate and ask for help.
Two useful places to begin.
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02Supporting Independence
Offer enough support for children to try, choose, struggle and ask for help when needed.
Stories in this theme
Begin with a specific moment.
Each Story looks closely at one familiar question or experience.
Confidence & Independence · Story
“I can do it myself” when you are running late
Balancing a child’s wish to try with the very real need to get out of the door.
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