In the eagerness to see our children “succeed,” we can lose sight of the excessive pressure we place on them. Education specialist Laura Lewin points out five keys to avoid transmitting our own frustrations.
“Overdemanding or excessive pressure may be well-intentioned, seeking to motivate or push the child towards success, but it often has opposite effects that could include anxiety, stress, fear of failure, frustration and even shame,’ she says. When children can develop an 'all or nothing' mentality, where only success is valued, any failure is seen as a disaster.