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How to Help PerfectionistsWhat to do when children have such high expectations of themselves that it begins to have...Taylor, Jennifer
How to help children manage the thoughts that drive perfectionism. It’s a condition of entry into the human race that we’re going to make mistakes.
Here’s how to help your child finish their work successfully, whether they’re a perfectionist, procrastinator, disorganized, or striving student. The Perfectionist To a certain extent, perfectionists just can't help it. "Perfectionism can be a wonderful thing to pass on to your child, so pa...
As amusing as the above anecdotes are, living with perfectionism is far from funny. As a recovering perfectionist, I want to explore this further to bring awareness and to help break this cycle in families. Oddly enough we can break the cycle with two As. ...
Perfectionists tend to isolate, resolving to seek out connection only when they become perfect. Social anxiety is in part sustained by isolation, as distorted thoughts about the self are left unchecked. It might help to accept that others are honest about their perceptions of you, even...
can interfere with a child’s ability to achieve goals. Parents help children avoid the pitfalls of perfectionism by focusing on the learning process, not just the result, and by helping kids set realistic goals.Learn about the signs of perfectionism and ways to support a perfectionist child. ...
2.Too much help Cause: Parents over-responding, reacting impulsively, or underestimating child’s abilities. Children get the message that they “can’t”, when we doforthem before giving them the opportunity to do it themselves. This is a tricky one, extremely challenging for parents and care...
I don’t know about you, but if I were having brain surgery, I’d be keen for my surgeon to be a perfectionist.I also know that the things I am most proud of in my life have come from some healthy elements of hard work and challenging myself to do better.There is “healthy perfe...
It is widely accepted that an important goal of education is to help students learn how to learn. It’s undoubted that learning methods are of considerable significance for one’s success in learning. With the advancement of the soc...