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Parenting: Raise Excellent -- Not Perfect -- Children

By Jim Taylor, Ph.D. on November 5, 2009 in The Power of Prime

Perfectionism is one of the most destructive diseases among American children today. Perfectionism is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword drives children to be perfect. These children push themselves to get straight A's, be top athletes, and save the world on weekends. The other edge of the sword is that I have never met a happy perfectionist. They can't be happy because they will never be perfect. Read More

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Jim Taylor, Ph.D.

Jim Taylor, Ph.D., is a clinical associate professor at the University of Denver.

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