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4.2.10 Parenting Perfectionists: Scaffolding Failure and Building a Growth Mindset
Perfectionistic gifted children hold themselves to exceptionally high standards, which can ultimately be unrealistic to achieve. As an educator and mother of three gifted perfectionistic children, anecdotes about my own journey with perfectionist and twice-exceptional children will be shared, in addition to evidence-based approaches to perfectionism. This presentation will explore aspects of perfectionism, why perfectionism is problematic and how parents and educators can support children through their perfectionism. It also explores scaffolding failure to help build resilience and how to promote a growth mindset to help overcome the fear of failure that is common in perfectionists.