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I adore my DD, but [b]I really want to build her confidence.[/b] She easily gets bullied and she does exactly what we tell her to do always (which is amazing for us as parents, but I would like to raise her to be more independent too). Instead of playing with other children, she loves playing with adults.

There are about 15 Pre-Ks in a 5 minute radius and it's hard to tour them all and figure it out. [/quote]

Since you know this is a priority, I would screen for it. Basically, your questions are about their social and emotional learning program/philosophy.

What you're looking for is not confidence-building via overpraise; it's teachers who intentionally provide training and social scaffolding to enable a kid to become more comfortable and fluent speaking up for him/herself.

We got this from an early childhood education center that used the Conscious Discipline curriculum. It has some really specific techniques that teachers use to help kids who may otherwise be bowled over by other kids. It was fantastic for our kid. I'm sure there are others like it that are also great. [/quote]

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