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How Perfectionist Upbringings Leave Adults Unprepared for Normal Challenges

I got straight A's my whole life to make my parents proud but now that I have kids of my own I realize I never learned how to handle failure and I'm terrified my children will see me struggle.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You were so protected from failure that you never developed the resilience you need to model for your own children.

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