There are many ways you can help your child feel more confident, such as helping them to feel good about themselves. Children will feel good about themselves when they are given praise for doing well and gentle encouragement when they do not do so well. There are many other ways of helping your child feel good about themselves which are explained in the following videos, with lots of tips and advice by parenting experts, and parents themselves who reveal their own experiences of helping their own children with confidence.

TOP TIP: If you have a child who is unusually shy or lacking in confidence, try not to draw attention to it or treat it as a problem, as it could only make it worse.