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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 104243"><p>Poor thing. It's such a hard thing to overcome, too.</p><p></p><p>He needs to have successes and positive experiences. I would find him something that he will enjoy, but that you are sure he will be able to excel at. Every little success boosts ones confidence and prepares us for the next 'challenge'. </p><p></p><p>My daughter struggles with this, as well. Plus, she's a perfectionist...not sure if it's common to have them together or not. So, even when she does succeed at something (she taught herself to knit for example), she's overly critical of everything she makes just because it doesn't look like something you bought at the store. She knitted a teddy bear without a pattern and I think it's wonderful and have it on my bed. She's looking at it and saying the nose is too big, the head is too floppy. This was her first attempt at knitting something like this AND she did it without a pattern, but she just sees that it's not perfect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 104243"] Poor thing. It's such a hard thing to overcome, too. He needs to have successes and positive experiences. I would find him something that he will enjoy, but that you are sure he will be able to excel at. Every little success boosts ones confidence and prepares us for the next 'challenge'. My daughter struggles with this, as well. Plus, she's a perfectionist...not sure if it's common to have them together or not. So, even when she does succeed at something (she taught herself to knit for example), she's overly critical of everything she makes just because it doesn't look like something you bought at the store. She knitted a teddy bear without a pattern and I think it's wonderful and have it on my bed. She's looking at it and saying the nose is too big, the head is too floppy. This was her first attempt at knitting something like this AND she did it without a pattern, but she just sees that it's not perfect. [/QUOTE]
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