How about some more fun summer activities, for that self confident parent to plan and do this summer, to have more fun and bonding experiences and build a self confident child or children.

Here are some more fun suggestions or ideas for the self confident parent to do this summer with their child or children:

1) Plan a game night or game time. Pull out your old board games.

One of my sons loves to play the game of bunco. (It is a fun game and one of my favorites. It is an easy dice game. There is no skill required except rolling of 3 dice at a time.) We have played with just with the two of us and sometimes three.

My girlfriend plans a yearly game night for her girlfriends and their sons. She provides the pizza and soft drinks and we provide the desserts and munchies. We have a great time! We have even had grade level bunco game nights.

When one of my sons were in third grade, a friend of mine planned a co-ed bunco night. We had 6 girls and 6 boys. She provided pizza,drinks ,and some inexpensive prizes. Each child brought 4 quarters and a snack to share. At the end of the evening, each child pulled out a number which corresponded to a prize, so everyone was a winner.

If you don't want to provide prizes for each child, when my other son was in 3rd grade, another friend, had a third grade boy's' bunco night. She provided appetizers and each child brought 4 quarters and the munchies and desserts. At the end of the evening, for prizes, we divide money up with winners in the following categories: most wins, most buncos, most mini buncos, and most losses. The kids had a great time.

My girlfriend has even had a birthday party with a game night theme, for her son's birthday one year. They played all sorts of boardgames, rotating from table to table for a certain amount of time and then would switch. They also played bunco as a group. The kids had a blast.

Another game that my son likes to play is Monopoly Junior. It is much quicker than the original Monopoly game. The Monopoly Jr. game on CD-rom is one of our favorites. For instance, when you land on the pay $2 to watch the fireworks, you actually get to watch a mini-fireworks show. This is great for teaching a child to be confident counting money and learning how much change to give back. It also teaches them about real estate investment.