Share your DCs proudest moments with LEGO® Juniors and be in with a chance to win a £300 Love2Shop voucher and LEGO Junior play sets!NOW CLOSED

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We all want our DC to grow up with confidence and pride in everything they do, whether it’s making a structurally sound lollipop stick bridge or finally mastering the art of writing their own name. LEGO® Juniors would like to hear what your DC's proudest moments have been and how you encouraged them to achieve them.

Here’s what LEGO Juniors has to say: ‘NO is a word that is used a lot when you’re a parent, especially when your DC reach that age when they feel ready to explore and challenge boundaries. LEGO Juniors offer parents a way to support their children’s development at a time in life when their children go from being very dependent and in need of parental control, to becoming young and aspiring individuals that want to do everything by themselves.’

So what have your DC's proudest moments been and how have you encouraged them to build their confidence? Did you bravely take a step away from NO-LAND and say YES to letting them explore their independence and creativity? Or perhaps you kept on encouraging them so that one day they were finally able to colour inside the lines? Maybe they actually surprised you with their ability in a particular area or they might have made what to an outsider would seem like a small achievement but you know to be a major win.

Whatever your DC's proudest moments are, please share them below and you will be entered into a prize draw where you could win a £300 Love2Shop voucher, a LEGO Junior Fire Patrol Suitcase, or a LEGO Junior Mia’s Farm Suitcase. Please also share photos of their successes and achievements below; we’d love to see them.

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

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My son is a summer-born child and he really struggled with reading in reception class. He is happy to follow instructions and did everything you were supposed to do in phonics, but he couldn't quite grasp how blending sounds together turned into words and then sentences.

So I was so proud in year one when he started reading without any extreme pushing, just a lot of encouragement and talk about how awesome books are.

In year two he is still not at the top of the class for reading, but he's doing well, he's telling me off for reading too slow because he can read quicker. He's asking to stay up late so he can finish off a chapter etc. I love it!

DD's proudest moment was coming first in the school's swimming gala last Saturday :D She was so delighted. It was such a special moment because a couple of months ago at her swimming club, she was the favourite to win a regional competition and she worked so hard for weeks, but she missed out on third place by a couple of seconds. She was so disappointed, but I'm so proud of her because she bounced back, got straight back in the pool and never took her eye of the ball, because she knows that she can achieve anything that she sets her mind to :)

My DD2 was chosen to look after the reception children. A big thing to her and a real confidence boost (that she needed). Yay!

DD 3 - When she wrote her name for the first time. It's v long and she really really struggled with it. Amazing!

DD (6) is probably most proud of learning to ride her bike without stabilisers. I was proud of her too.

But what makes me most proud is her instinct to go to help someone who has hurt themselves and is upset. I love it that she is so caring.

Our son took up guitar playing a couple of years ago - and boy was it painful for our ears to hear him practice. We actually thought he would never be able to play it well but we never let him know - so through all that 'noise' we encouraged him and told him how well he was doing until it became true and he now plays beautifully. I'm so proud that he stuck with it and he believed in himself. We now beg him to play guitar for us because it sounds so good.

Today my 21 month old plucked up the courage to speak to his nursery nurses, yaaaaaaaayyyyyy! He's a little shy so this is a BIG thing for him, I couldn't be prouder 😍

My dds proudest moment was teaching herself to ride her bike without stabilisers.

I am so proud of his artistic achievements - he is only 7 but his drawings and creativity are beyond his years. He loves going to art classes and has already won prizes when he has entered drawing competitions which makes me very proud!

proudest moment, when autistic dc first realised they could take some responsibility for his sensory overload and calm themself down... by watching the washing machine go round and round and round.

this was a major step forward. we are still waiting for a repeat, which would be nice, as my left arm is getting fed up of the bruises...

another proudest moment when other possibly asd child did not cry and panic when they got a question wrong on the computer. not consistent with this yet, but getting there.

6 years ago my 4 year old DD stood up for a friend who was being treated unfairly - and she has kept up with such a strongly moral and caring position ever since.

I am so proud of my 4 year old who is the kindest person I know and makes me smile everyday.
He is advance for being 4 year old, he so bright and can build lego above his age

He make me such proud mum starting school this year and how far he go in life

He loves his 3 months old baby sister to bits and the bond between them melts my heart

Hearing Dd read a story book to me in one sitting, cover to cover with little or no persuasion from me. She has dyslexia and struggles to read. The book in question was for a much younger child, but that really didn't matter. Up until a few months ago it felt like she may never learn to read, so to hear her read aloud to me & very proudly too, was awesome.

I'm so proud of my DS (3) when he is kind and polite. Its the little things that are trivial when written down, like saying thank you to his football coach when he is picked, checking someone is ok if they hurt themselves or sharing toys with his friends.

I'm so proud of my 3 yo dd. She loves exploring and trying new things and as parents we've had to stop trying to stifle that and let her get on with it. As such she's an independent strong little thing.
I love how she can go from "I'm doing it" to wanting snuggles in a heartbeat.

I'm most proud of her getting to grips with the morning routine, we had regular battles with me working full time and us all needing to be out of the house by 6:45am. However by giving her her independence she now finishes breakfast and goes upstairs no prompting for me to help give her a wash, brush teeth and go to the toilet. She then goes back downstairs and gets herself dressed (she's actually better than my 18 yo dss ) managing to practice on zips and buttons. It's made mornings much easier and she feels really proud she's doing what mummy is doing.

I'm feeling very proud of my eldest DD this week, as she conquered her stage fright to perform with her hula hoop troop on stage in front of hundreds of people.

DS (4) makes me proud by the way he treats his little sister - he shares his toys, helps her if she is struggling with anything, reads to her, teaches her things like counting & opposites, even tells her she's pretty & ' the best sister in the world'.
They might seem like every day things to an adult but to a 4 year old I think it's a big deal and I'm proud of him!

first real wow for him would be when he made his dad the perfect meal and he new his reaction wasn't just because he was bening kind for his efforts.he loved it.rack of lamb stacked onto garlic greens!then sticky toffee pudding.
kindness.my girl is the kind one and fr that I am proud every day.like a stick of rock it just goes all the way through her.its beautiful to see.

My son had speech delay and was very shy. Starting nursery was a real struggle for him so to see him really start to grow and develop was a real proud moment for all of us. He has been there 7 months now and is coming along really well. He is very proud of himself when he has a good day and gets praise from the staff.

I am super proud of DD. As an end-of-August baby, she was a couple of days after her 4th birthday when she started in Reception but now in Year 2, she is doing so well - reading and writing as well as everyone else, but more importantly, her emotional maturity has come on heaps and she nurtures some strong, supportive friendships.

When my daughter - aged about 3 at the time - first swam across the pool in her lesson by herself. She was so pleased with herself, saw me filming her and said "I did it, mummy!" Still makes me well up

Dd was too scared to jump in the swimming pool for the longest time. She was SO proud of herself when she did it!

I am very proud of my son, he studied so hard for his gcse's, and ended up with good grades, he is now doing his a levels :)

I am so proud of my son who when youngest was diagnosed with a speech and language disorder. I remember the head speech & language teacher telling me that he would struggle for the rest of his life and be in units the rest of his education. Well he has been at University fo 4 years and is just finishing his Masters degree in Maths How he has managed on his own is absolutely amazing.

When my little boy learnt to swim - the first time he did a full width of the pool was amazing - not because he could swim but because he was sooo happy with his achievement - loved the look on his face. magical.

my eldest went to the national astronomy olympics lasst summer in romania and got third place :)