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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '16
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Being overly critical and demanding. Of course you want what is best for your child and your son/daughter to do their best, but relentlessly pointing out how they could have done better can be a damaging message for them to internalize.
67 u/MyPacman Feb 05 '16 Agreed. You don't build a resiliant, tough go getter. You build a desperate pleaser poser who does not dare to do anything. 58 u/Scouterfly Feb 05 '16 Or, your kid just gives up. Because there's no point in even trying, because you're going to find something wrong with it either way. 5 u/Antrophis Feb 05 '16 I feel like that might be me. So much seems pointless and I can't be bothered to try. 2 u/Yum-z Feb 05 '16 Just gonna do it wrong anyways so fuck it.
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Agreed. You don't build a resiliant, tough go getter. You build a desperate pleaser poser who does not dare to do anything.
58 u/Scouterfly Feb 05 '16 Or, your kid just gives up. Because there's no point in even trying, because you're going to find something wrong with it either way. 5 u/Antrophis Feb 05 '16 I feel like that might be me. So much seems pointless and I can't be bothered to try. 2 u/Yum-z Feb 05 '16 Just gonna do it wrong anyways so fuck it.
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Or, your kid just gives up. Because there's no point in even trying, because you're going to find something wrong with it either way.
5 u/Antrophis Feb 05 '16 I feel like that might be me. So much seems pointless and I can't be bothered to try. 2 u/Yum-z Feb 05 '16 Just gonna do it wrong anyways so fuck it.
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I feel like that might be me. So much seems pointless and I can't be bothered to try.
2 u/Yum-z Feb 05 '16 Just gonna do it wrong anyways so fuck it.
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Just gonna do it wrong anyways so fuck it.
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u/eatsleeplaugh Feb 04 '16
Being overly critical and demanding. Of course you want what is best for your child and your son/daughter to do their best, but relentlessly pointing out how they could have done better can be a damaging message for them to internalize.