Title: 5 Effective Ways to Help Your Perfectionist Child – Big Life Journal
Headings: 5 Effective Ways to Help Your Perfectionist Child
5 Effective Ways to Help Your Perfectionist Child
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Encourage High Standards, Not Perfection
Teach Your Child “The Power of Yet”
Be an Example of Someone Who’s Not Perfect
Emphasize the Fun
Recognize Negative Thoughts
More Helpful Strategies for Dealing with Perfectionism

Content: Understand this distinction, and convey it to your child as well. Children take cues from their parents when it comes to perfectionism: If your child feels you expect perfection, they will strive to be “perfect” to gain your approval. Avoid using the word “perfect” altogether, even as praise. This can cause children to feel they MUST achieve at an impossibly high level. If, for example, your child brings home a report card with all As and one B, don’t focus on the B. Pushing your child to achieve perfection can hurt both confidence and performance. Help your child set goals and standards that are reachable with effort and don’t push the impossible perfection standard. Teach Your Child “The Power of Yet”
Another way to combat perfectionism is to teach your child about “the power of yet.” When your child says they can’t do something or haven’t achieved something, chime in with those three letters: “ YET!”