What If These April School Holidays Built Real Confidence Instead Of More Screen Time

A live family challenge where parents and kids move, laugh and complete confidence-building challenges together instead of spending the holidays on screens. For families with kids aged 6 to 12.

Watch the short video below to see how the Do The Work Family Challenge works.

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The School Holiday Pattern Most Parents Know Too Well

Most parents start the school holidays with good intentions.

More family time.

More fresh air.

Less screens.

But without structure something else happens.

Screens creep back in.

Bedtimes drift later.

Kids start saying “I’m bored.”

And before long the holidays turn into two weeks of negotiating screen time.

Why Kids Actually Struggle With Confidence

But the real issue isn’t boredom.

It’s that most kids rarely get the chance to experience what happens when they try something difficult and realise they can actually do it.

Confidence isn’t something kids are born with.

It’s something they build through effort.

And most school holidays simply don’t give them the opportunity.

Introducing The Do The Work Family Challenge

This April in Sydney we’re running something different. The Do The Work Family Challenge. A two-week live experience where parents and kids complete structured challenges together designed to build real confidence.

This isn’t a sports camp. It’s not babysitting. And it’s not elite competition. It’s an environment where kids try new challenges, move their bodies, laugh with other families and discover they’re capable of far more than they thought.

What Families Experience During The Challenge

Across the two weeks families experience:

Structured parent and child exercise sessions

Confidence-building physical challenges

Fun team-based activities

Recognition and rewards for effort

Parents don’t sit on the sidelines.

You participate. You move together. You encourage each other. And that’s where the biggest shift happens.

What Happens When Families Take On Challenges Together

Something powerful happens when families take on challenges together. Kids who hesitate in week one begin stepping forward in week two. Kids who usually say “I can’t” begin saying “I didn’t think I could do that… but I did.”

Parents notice something even bigger. Movement becomes normal. Screen battles disappear. Families laugh more and celebrate wins together.

The Changes Parents Notice By The End Of The Holidays

By the end of the holidays most parents notice:

More confidence in their kids
More willingness to try new things
Less reliance on screens
Better energy returning to school

Last year Alex Barbas became the first person to ever run from Sydney to Perth and back again.

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Running more than 80 kilometres every single day. Along the way he raised over $108,000 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

But the biggest lesson from that challenge was simple.

Confidence grows when people do difficult things and realise they are capable. That belief is what inspired the Do The Work Family Challenge.

The April intake is limited.

Sessions are coached and hands-on to keep the experience supportive and personal. Once spots are filled the intake closes. If you want these school holidays to feel active, exciting and meaningful for your kids, apply below.

These April school holidays don’t have to disappear into screens.

They can become the moment your child discovers just how capable they really are.