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The Science Behind It

Confidence Building Skills

Self confidence isn't one thing. It's built at the intersection of knowledge, structure, and the chance to explore on your own terms.

The 30 Second Version

  • Structure and clear routines help kids develop self discipline, focus, and positive social behavior.
  • Self confidence is shaped by experience, environment, and metabolic health, not any single factor alone.
  • We give kids frameworks they can personalize, which is how concepts turn into lasting habits.
3 factors
Experience, environment, and metabolic health all shape a child's self confidence
Structure
Clear expectations and consistent routines help build self discipline and reduce disruptive behavior
Personal choice
Giving kids room to adapt frameworks is what turns concepts into lasting habits

Why It Matters

Self confidence is foundational to successful, capable, and happy children who become successful, capable, and happy adults. Every aspect of our program is aimed at increasing self confidence.

We believe self confidence exists at the intersection of knowledge, structure, and personal exploration.

What The Research Shows

A 2013 meta study reviewing a wide range of research on the effects of structure on children's learning and behavior found that structure helps children develop self discipline and self regulation skills that are important for academic success. When children have clear expectations and consistent routines, they are more likely to focus and work efficiently, engage in positive social interactions, and reduce disruptive behavior.

Our Approach

We teach a holistic system for personal wellbeing and confidence, because self confidence is multifactorial: it's shaped by experience, environment, and metabolic health. Our movement training, mindfulness, and nutrition modules prompt personal exploration, giving children a sense of ownership over the experience so they can adapt and personalize the frameworks. That's how concepts become habits, and how children learn to attend to their own wellbeing.

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  1. Dettmer, P., Simpson, R. L., Myles, B. S., & Ganz, J. B. (2013). The relationship between structure and function in children's learning and behavior. Research in Developmental Disabilities.

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