fear of failing
No one likes to fail.
But, to be successful at anything, you often have to fail lots of times.
Which means that unless your child gets comfortable with this fear, they run the risk of not fulfilling their potential.
This fear may present itself in different ways, but like any good doctor, to find the cure to this problem you need to go beyond the symptoms and look for the underlying cause.
And your child's fear of failure (like almost all fears) is about one thing:
'the fear of not being good enough'
Which means that the solution is to help your child to develop the belief and confidence in themselves to feel good enough, to feel worth it, to feel comfortable with making mistakes and failing.
You can't just force your child to act... that will only amplify their fear and can have far reaching psychological implications.
The best way to help them is to take a positive approach, to build their confidence and resilience in 2 ways.
1. understanding
help your child to gain a deeper understanding of who they are and what they are capable of helps build genuine confidence and self-belief
2. resources
help your child to develop the attributes they need to be BRAVE, to tackle their fears and to the resources to become more resilient
step1: understanding
How do you help your child understand themselves, to know who they really are and what they are capable of?
Character Strengths are the positive parts of personality that influence how you think, feel and behave.
Scientists have identified 24 universal character strengths that we all have- see below.
Character strengths reflect the "real" you—who you are at your core.
Understanding their unique blend of these strengths is the first step towards your child feeling that they are 'good enough', to developing inner confidence and self-belief .

step 2: develop resources
The key strength that will help your child to face their fear is BRAVERY.
However, being brave on its own is not enough to be resilient, your child needs to develop other areas as well.
We have identified 6 key character strengths that are essential to resilience: ZEST, HOPE, CREATIVITY, SELF-REGULATION, BRAVERY & PERSEVERANCE.
Life is full of ups and downs, developing these 6 strengths will give your child the skills and the confidence to be able to deal with whatever comes their way.

In order to become the resilient and confident person you know they can be, your child will need to learn:
Imagine how brave and resilient your child would be if they developed these strengths?
how do you do all this?
We have developed character strengths based tool that helps kids understand who they are and teaches them the skills they need to develop the 6 key strengths of resilience: THE BEST ME THAT I CAN BE.
Part-manual, part-workbook and part-journal, it is designed to take your child on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.
It's a blueprint for their success in school and for their life beyond the classroom.
And, its the life manual that we wish that we'd had when we were growing up.
the best Me contains
![V3_ [kids] The Best Me I Can Be (1)](https://lifehacksforkids.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/V3_-kids-The-Best-Me-I-Can-Be-1.png)
A digital pdf download for you to print at home, also includes a separate FREE strength building activity workbook.
full 30 day money back guarantee
preview: take a closer look at what's inside
Here's a preview of some of the 98 pages...
2 options for you
- 1WORKBOOKS ONLY: THE BEST ME workbook + the FREE strengths building workbook
- 2FULL SUPPORT: both workbooks + lifetime membership to a private Facebook community.
FULL SUPPORT means we'll be there to guide and support you and your child along this journey- whenever you need it.
You can ask us direct questions, we post daily hints and tips and you'll get a free strength/ life skill building activity each month to help your child develop even further.
(The normal cost for this is £60, but for today only you get to enjoy this benefit for as long as you want for just £7).
workbooks only

full support

both options enjoy a full 30 day money back guarantee
the best you that you can be
THE BEST ME is a brilliant self-help guide and based on personal experience we totally recommend doing it alongside your kids- (just buy one and print out 2 copies at home).
what others say about our work

The main focus is to help you discover your own values and put your own plan into action, as opposed to telling you what to do.
LAURA CLARK// The Butterfly Mother

It is presented in a very straightforward and easy to read manner and I can already see that there is value in the takeaway.
ALICIA ANTONIO// The Bottle Poppin Mamma

I would highly recommend to any parent needing to get in the here and now of parenting… but also who wants to look to the future too.
TALYA STONE// Motherhood: The Real Deal