Legends

What is Legends?

Legends Lab is a non-profit organization focused on making programs that help assess and build confidence in children more widely known and accessible. Their team brings together people with backgrounds in child development, education, design, and various creative areas. They address the issue of declining confidence in kids, emphasizing that confidence is crucial in many parts of children’s lives — and that it isn’t something you’re just born with; it can be learned and nurtured over time.

Who created Legends?

Legends Lab was founded by a group of experts, including Fish Stark, Dr. Brian Burkhard, Marisa Polansky, Analía Del Bosque, Danielle Sitzman, and Sue Wasiolek. Fish Stark, a child development expert, leads program and curriculum development, with experience in youth leadership programs around the world. Dr. Brian Burkhard, who holds a PhD in child development, oversees research and evaluation. Marisa Polansky and Analía Del Bosque handle content creation and program management. Danielle Sitzman heads design, and Sue Wasiolek serves as Executive Director, bringing experience from her previous role as Dean of Students at Duke University.

What is Legends used for?

• Changing your inner dialogue
• Achieving things that seem impossible
• Nurturing a growth mindset
• Developing resilience
• Preparing to hit your goals
• Looking at past regrets differently
• Creating your own unique path

Who is Legends for?

Legends is useful for child development experts, curriculum builders, researchers, therapists, program managers, English teachers, visual designers, youth leadership program builders, heads of product, children’s book editors, deans of students, children’s and middle-grade authors, speechwriters, and TFA corps members — anyone working with children’s growth and learning.

How to use Legends?

1. Sign Up: Head to the Legends website and sign up for a free 5-day trial.
2. Get Daily Workouts: Each day, you receive a text message with a link to a workout that guides you and your child through real-life stories of inspiring people.
3. Do the Exercises: Complete science-based exercises designed to boost confidence.
4. Unlock New Levels: As your child progresses, they unlock new levels and receive a personalized growth plan.
5. Build Bonds: Spend just 5 minutes a day on the workouts to connect with your child and have meaningful conversations.

The workouts also include elements like practicing self-affirmations (as Serena Williams does), developing resilience and emotional management (modeled on figures like Bear Grylls), building growth-mindset statements, and learning from role models like Kobe Bryant and The Rock.