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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I had my son's parents evening tonight and the first thing his teacher said to me was you most be so proud of your son he's such a kind caring boy, he goes out of his way to help the teachers and any class mates that need any help. He's struggling a little academically but to me that's not as important as knowing he has a beautiful dispersion and that's just one of the many ways he makes me proud :)

DD is very proud at the moment as she has her first speaking part in a school play. She volunteered for the part to give herself more confidence.

My youngest won a sports day race last summer and couldn't be happier!

My son wants to be a vet and we bought him Mia's Pet Clinic. He carefully studied and built the set and placed each item in the exact same position as it appeared in the photo on the box. I encouraged him by saying that I would take a photo of it afterwards and send it to Lego if he'd managed to do it exactly the same. I was so proud of him for doing it all on his own.

My four year old is Lego-mad. He is so good at following the pictures on the instruction leaflet (although he calls it the 'constructions').

My Son who was always the quiet one at school and always seemed to be overlooked at school in favour of louder, pushier children has recently completed a junior leader award at cadets and has also completed his Bronze DOE award and has started on his Silver

My son coping really well with his first cub camp. Full of activities which I'd normally shy away from because of the risk element. He loved it.

Both my children are good cooks and ds was particularly proud of himself when he cooked dinner on a group holiday. There were 12 of us all together and he made a chicken traybake . When he carried the food through, you could see him beaming that he'd managed this. I enjoy cooking and feeding a crowd and it was great to see that he "got" this too. He's 12 and isn't particularly sporty - but being able to get dinner on the table is a really worthwhile life skill that I hope will stand him I good stead for the future .

Hed been keen to go to rugby training for sometime having played in school but didn;t want to go to a club as he didnt know anyone - in the end he bit the bullet and he's not looked back since. Made new friends and loves playing!

My daughter has only just started playing with proper lego, but a major moment of pride was when she started building a roof- no support from us.. she decided she wanted to be an engineer, so she created a design for a place she'd keep her rocket (as you do).. and she created a tall building. Then she wanted it to be rain proof, so built a roof over the top using varying styles of brick. She's 4, so I was super chuffed for her- and wanting to be an engineer!

My proudest moment is how well my four get along together. I home-educate them, and they support each other, and they also set challenges for one another which really gives them a push. I also decided to let one of my children each day be the teacher, they can choose when lunch is, what game we play at play time, what lessons we'll be learning, and they even research their lesson first, as I was tired of saying "No, today is maths/English/P.E based..." instead, they all get their say and look forward to the days that they are in charge!
I loved Pancake day this year as my eldest was teaching the younger ones how to make them, and it made me feel really really proud of them all. :-)

to watch my child receive the most caring classmate was my proudest moment

My proudest moment so far was watching my daughter and eldest son stand in front of their school assembly and give a presentation about Type 1 diabetes. They were incredible.

When DD spent two hours with me in the Lego shop trying to find the most efficient way of packing the Lego cup. She's 5. 😂

DD2 (3) decided she wanted to be able to write her own name. She has been working at it for the last couple of weeks, learning how to draw the different letters. She was so happy with herself when she managed to write her whole name. I was so proud of her concentration and determination.

My DD, now 6, got the outstanding student award at the end of foundation year, out of around 55 kids. She was so made up and even now every birthday card she writes is 'have an outstanding birthday'! We were really quite overwhelmed, of course we think she is great, but it's different to realise that other people think she's great too!

Always finding moments to be proud of my DCs. Of note recently is DS 4 cycling 9km on his little bike today DD 5 slowly mastering how to tie her shoe laces on her jazz shoes.

Im proud of the progress hes making with his speech therapy. Being able to communicate with others is key to making friends.

My son is on the autism spectrum.
We had to move a long distance just before his birthday last year and he started at his new school almost straight after the move.
The class were just practising for their Christmas show and he asked for a leading part. He was so lucky he got it! He stood on that stage and remembered his lines without prompting. I was so proud of him.

When she won her most recent netball tournament !

Proud of all our DCs, they are all great kids and make us smile and laugh

My 2 year old has just started doing forward rolls on her own. She's so proud of herself she stands up and says "Tada!" After. I can't help but beam with pride with every thing she is learning from starting to use adjectives to being patient and loving.

At the weekend my two DDs (3 and 18 months) planted seeds and watered them, almost entirely by themselves. This morning I showed them that shoots had started to grow. My elder daughter was so excited and I was very proud of them both!

I am proud of my 6 year old every day, but who as a Mum isn't.
He is most proud of himself for winning at our local Grow, make and bake show. He won prizes for baking buns, biscuits and scones and building an original design Lego model. He came home with multiple rossettes for first, second and third, the children's trophy and best in show. He is so proud of his achievements and plans to enter again this year.

My son has always been full of energy and unable to concentrate for long periods of time, so when he started binge reading David Walliams I was delighted. I thought he would never love reading, but he's still working his way through the library. I'm very proud of him