So proud - share your stories that people would see as being boastful.

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My daughter has been involved in a sport for a number of years. Hours and hours of training every single week, missing school mates parties, extremely dedicated. She loves it but it isn't always easy. There are injuries, disappointments etc but she keeps going.
She got selected at the weekend to represent her country. I am bursting with pride but if I put that all over Facebook I will be seen as boastful. Especially as some of her friends didn't get selected this time.
If my mum was around, I would have been chatting to her about it. I know she will be looking down on my dd with huge pride.
So I'm putting it on her, as anonymously to share how proud of her. Not just for the weekend result but for the rainy nights when she still goes to training, for the Sunday mornings when she would rather have a long lie, for the evening when her school friends ask her out to play but she is about to go to training. So proud.
Please feel free to share your stories of being proud of your kid's achievements. It is very much not the done thing round where I live to speak publicly about being proud about things like this. However, I am and I can't wait to see the next step in her development. Once I get over the shock of paying for everything that is!

Many congratulations to all your children.

Congratulations that's amazing
My twin daughters have made me very proud they got a job as soon as they were 16 to save up for their driving lessons. They work at a fast food place really late 5 nights a week and still get up for college. At 17 they started their lessons still working so hard and recently went half each on a little car. They are still learning and paying for everything themselves. They have both just been given an offer from the uni the wanted to study midwifery and that makes me really proud that they both want to do such a worthwhile and caring job. They really are lovely girls.

My 17year old DD is acing her A levels, keeps getting As and A*, and is getting a second part time job so she can save for driving lessons.

15 year old Ds has had a paper round for two years, 6 days a week, never thrown a sickie or been late. (Obviously books holiday days off)

11 year old Ds is loves running, he's done a run streak now every day for three years, goes to club nights three times a week and got to the finals of the schools cross country and the final of the inter counties cross country in Loughborough recently. I do post this all over Facebook🫣🤣

8 year old Ds is the most loving, cuddly, kindest little lad, he is a maths whizz, working at greater depth and they're having to give him work that year fours are doing as the year three work isn't enough for him ( the teachers told us this, we didn't push this at all)

Loving reading all the posts, lovely stories to read about.

My DC has recently got into an amazing academic school with at least 10 applicants per place. I'm so proud of them. DC is such an inquisitive child and incredibly clever so it's perfect for them. But naturally one cannot express this too much in public because it's seen as boastful/elitist.

The most talented pupil l have ever taught has just been accepted as a junior scholar at one of the most prestigious music colleges in the country.

Oh, and my daughter passed her masters in music with distinction across the board.

My daughter has two degrees doing something she loved I dropped out of college after my parents forced me to do a course I didn't want to I told my parents that children thrive learning something they are interested in but they refused to allow me to choose I allowed my dd to choose and she succeeded

I won't say I told you so (BUT I DID)

There are many wonderful stories but your niece's story is very special. You are also a wonderful person for taking her in and helping her believe in herself. ❤️

Thank you everyone for your kind words. These are all lovely stories and we are right to be proud of these kids.
I feel I should also mention DS who has gone from being so shy school suspected he was a selective mute, to telling me last week that he would like a lead role in the drama club's musical! He has grown so much in confidence thanks to some wonderful teachers.
And Dd2 is just the happiest, kindest child. She will always be the first person to help someone, will hand over sweets to make someone else feel better. She is kind to everyone human or animal. If everyone I. The world thought like dd2, the world would be a nicer place.