Confidence in DS8

[Victoria72]

Hello, can anyone recommend a book/website about instilling confidence in children? My DS8 is a lovely and kind boy and has been the victim of bullying in the past but we have overcome these problems. However, he is really lacking in confidence and his teacher said that we need to work on this. We do try really hard but he does come out with things like "I'm not very good at that", "I wish I had a friend like me" etc. It breaks my heart - God knows how he feels. If anyone has any ideas I would be happy to hear them. Thank you.

Hi bullying can knock confidences in a big way, is he interested in sports at all ? judo/karate etc ?, friend of mine's boy was in a similar situation a couple of years ago and she started him up in these lessons - confidence levels did go up hugely - he even started playing football in the local team something that he would not of been able to,had he not gained "strengh" from judo classes, might be worth a go ?

Oh sorry to hear that, that must be very heartbreaking.

How about drama - its supposed to be brilliant for developing your confidence and social skills?

Hello, thanks for responding. He does do karate and over the last few months has really excelled. At karate though, it's like a family, the coach is amazing with the kids and they all look out for one another. His coach was shocked to hear that he had been bullied as he didn't seem the type. I've suggested drama to him before but he's not into singing or acting etc. Don't know why because I think he'd be really good at it. I suppose we'll just have to find other ways of "bigging him up". Thanks again.