Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Parenting and Advocacy Perfectionism / "too hard" / fear?

We have this problem with DS7. What happens for him is that he reaches a point of perfection, that is he completes something that he does really well. To move forward requires that he leave the spot where he is "perfect" and move forward to the unknown.

We spend a lot of time reassuring him that the process is more important than the end result. The one thing that has really helped is science. Because the nature of discovery demands many failures, he is beginning to gain a different perspective.