The place to start for answering this reader's question is to explore what confidence is.  Confidence comes from celebrating the wins with your child, but it really blossoms when you show your child understanding and acceptance when things are hard for your child. Being confident doesn’t...

I’m sorry to hear that you are struggling with anxiety.  I remember when I first became a Mum I suffered enormously with anxious feelings and thoughts in a way that I never had done before. Becoming a parent opens the mind up to a...