No, courage cannot hurt you.

• It encourages them to do something. 
• Christians know that God will protect them.
• You always get somewhere in life because of courage.

• Being brave can’t hurt you.
• If you’re courageous, God is with you.
• Courage helps people.
• Courage means being brave and not giving up even when it is hard.
• No, it can’t ever hurt anyone because it is good to stand up for yourself and to try things that you are not sure of.
• No, because even if you fail you can always try again.
• We can’t give up, it is good to be brave.
• Once I was scared to go swimming in the sea but I did it and I was proud of myself.

Yes, courage can hurt you.

• Too much courage can be overwhelming
• Building up courage to say the truth to someone may hurt their feelings
• If a penguin tried to fly it would die (we used this as a metaphor to discuss how being courageous doesn't help if we can't physically do things)
• If someone encourages someone to do something that could hurt them. 
• If there was a bad person, they could get hurt. 
• You could hurt other people's feelings by what you have to do with courage. For example, if you are a boss and you have to tell someone they have lost their job. 
• No because courage can mean you achieve your goals.
• Standing up to a bully may hurt their feelings.
• You could have the courage to climb a tree and hurt yourself badly.’
• You need courage to work hard, but you still might fail.
• If you jump in the water or off the boat, it could be deep or you might not know what is underneath. You might then hurt yourself.
• If someone has the courage to do something but they didn’t think about the risk.
• Courage can hurt people’s feelings because you could be brave, and someone else could be very scared.
• Being courageous means you may hurt yourself.
• Telling someone they have acted badly towards you may hurt them. Those conversations often require courage.
• Soldiers and police often need courage to do their work and they may get hurt.
• If you are really scared, you might not want to do it and you can get upset.

You should not:

• Push them into sticky situation
• Give bad comments
• Make them feel brave to do bad things
• Force them to do something/peer pressure
• Be a bad example

You should:

• Use inspiring words.
• Gradually build up (don’t bungee jump first) and give ideas of how they can improve their courage
• Be a good example
• Don’t leave them
• Tell them to believe in yourself and stand beside them.
• Do it to show them it is okay.
• Tell them never to give up.
• You can encourage someone to be brave.
• You can show them how to do it and do it with them.
• Make them want to prove you wrong.
• Tell them they can do anything if they put their mind to it.
• Tell them that they are strong and tell them they are brave.
• Show them how to do it.
• I can inspire people by helping and saying don’t give up and being kind.
• Tell them to never give up and always persevere.
• Tell them they can do this.

• If you are brave you can’t feel afraid at the same time.
• I stand up for myself.
• You have to be confident, brave and strong.
• I was scared when a spider was crawling on me but I let it stay there.
• When a ball got kicked in my face, I felt scared but didn’t give up.
• At football, if the ball is going into the goal, I will be brave and save it.
• You can be scared to compete at sports but be brave for your team.
• You could help somebody but be afraid to help.
• You can because we can feel lots of emotions at once.
• You can be afraid to fail but try anyway.
• In David and Goliath, he was scared but courageous.  
• No, because if you are scared, you can't show courage
• Yes, on the inside you could feel scared but on the outside you can show bravery.
• Yes, with encouragement and support you can face your fears.
• Yes, sometimes the challenge can make you determined to do something you are scared of.
• No, sometimes your fear is too big to show bravery.
• Originally, I thought that this was impossible, but then I realised that someone can be brave and do something, but still be afraid. It is like going on an exciting but scary rollercoaster. You are afraid but still do it. Ultimately, yes you can be courageous and afraid.
• Yes, even though you’re scared or afraid that doesn’t stop you from being brave because some things you have to do even though you’re scared. Sometimes you feel proud after because you achieved something even though you were scared.
• You can be both afraid and courageous. If you are afraid, you can sometimes feel a spark of energy or courage.
• You can be both afraid and courageous because you can be afraid to do something that requires you to be courageous. As well as this, you can get too afraid and just be brave and do it anyway.
• Yes, because you can be afraid but push yourself to do it. 

• I was afraid and courageous when I rode my first horse.
• I was afraid when I looked at a dinosaur book but I have to be strong and courageous to look again.
• When I got braces I was afraid, but I had to be courageous and now I don’t mind and I’m not scared to go back.