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When being called 'incredibly good' is bad for children
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<blockquote data-quote="goomer" data-source="post: 616602" data-attributes="member: 16807"><p>This has apparently been part of my problem. difficult child was given lots of praise as a young girl.....couldn't help doing it because she was so gifted and back then, it really showed itself in ways I initially thought were positive. Through the years though, I guess all that praise backfired, because she has done absolutely NOTHING with any of it. She has at times blamed me. Of course, she blames her shortcomings on everything else under the sun and finds one excuse after another for why she has failed to achieve anything <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>My son, her half brother, much much younger than she is, appears to be quite the opposite as far as self esteem goes. This kid has high self esteem....AND he appears to be damn near as gifted as difficult child was at the same age. I give him lots of praise too, and he really does thrive on it.</p><p></p><p>Time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goomer, post: 616602, member: 16807"] This has apparently been part of my problem. difficult child was given lots of praise as a young girl.....couldn't help doing it because she was so gifted and back then, it really showed itself in ways I initially thought were positive. Through the years though, I guess all that praise backfired, because she has done absolutely NOTHING with any of it. She has at times blamed me. Of course, she blames her shortcomings on everything else under the sun and finds one excuse after another for why she has failed to achieve anything :( My son, her half brother, much much younger than she is, appears to be quite the opposite as far as self esteem goes. This kid has high self esteem....AND he appears to be damn near as gifted as difficult child was at the same age. I give him lots of praise too, and he really does thrive on it. Time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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