How to help our children build confidence 
(28/06/2010)
Research undertaken by Tumble Tots has identified the main factors that parents attribute to building their child’s confidence. The findings showed that 27% of responders felt it was due to general encouragement praise and support, 25% said it was down to their own parenting skills and a further 25% stated it was through activity classes due to social interaction with their peers as well as the activity. Tumble Tots was identified as the most popular activity class, accounting for 48% of those responders who advised activity classes as the main confidence building factor.
Sally Gunnell, OBE, Olympic Gold Medallist turned broadcaster is behind the campaign to promote how to help our children be confident in today’s’ society. As a mother of three children aged between four and eleven years, Sally knows all too well that children of today need to be confident. “Parenting is constantly changing around us and we need to change with society. I regularly think back to my own childhood and the one thing that sticks in my mind was spending time with my peers.” said Sally Gunnell.
Over the last 13 years Positive Parenting Week has been a regular feature in the Tumble Tots calendar. This year the campaign focused on ‘The Confident Child’. As always this annual Tumble Tots event celebrated the fabulous job that parents do and aims to provide useful information and ideas to families as they undertake their parenting journey.
Tumble Tots has published a 24 page booklet giving parents ideas and tips on making parenting less of a challenge and more of a joy. Tumble Tots believes that in order for parents to build a confident child they need to be confident in their parenting styles. To this end the Positive Parenting booklet has articles written by many experts such as Denise Thornton, Professor Dieter Wolke and Opal Dunn. The Tumble Tots ethos of building confident children follows through the booklet.
“Tumble Tots strongly encourages parent and child bonding, as well as building children’s confidence through fun physical activities. The structure of the programme encourages socialising with peers, developing language and listening skills, self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as tackling physical tasks such as balancing, coordination, agility and climbing. These are all the ingredients to equip a child with the essential skills for life said Nicola Parsons of Tumble Tots (UK) Ltd.” continued Nicola.
Booklets are free and also available through Tumble Tots (UK) Ltd or downloadable from the Tumble Tots website.
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