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Jul 2024
50m 5s

How Perfectionism Harms Our Children

Dr. Shefali / Maia Wisdom
About this episode

Most parents aim for the highest standards when raising children. This triggers anxiety and stress that harms both them and their children. In this episode Dr. Shefali helps two parents discover how striving for perfectionism may actually create the opposite effect and what they can do about it.

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