Dd is very bright academically and has always been very hard on herself. If she's not done something perfectly right she will rub it out and start over again. She's somewhat of a perfectionist.
This has lead to her being very self critical and she gives up on things very easily if she's not great at it from the start.
She's never been very good at anything physical, trying to get her to ride a bike with stabilisers was a long process as she just couldn't get herself going (I was worried at the time that she may have some problems with her muscle tone but it seems fine)
Took her to swimming lessons and she hated jumping in or getting her face or ears wet so that was a challenge so we left it for a while. Decided to take her for a family swim yesterday and I tried to get her to lie on her back to float just to get her used to the feeling of the water and that ended in the screaming tears as usual as she 'just can't do it' and refused to let me help her at all, so I left her to just splash around and enjoy herself.
She got a sewing machine for christmas and she decided this morning to have a go and I found a video of how to thread it online and because I tried to help her set it up she's gone off for a sulk.
I don't know how to handle it really and just looking for any similar experiences? She's really lovely and kind to everyone, does as shes told generally and is all round a lovely little girl but is just so hard on herself.
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7yo dd wont try new things and is very hard on herself.
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ItsAllAboutTheCakes · 17/01/2016 10:04
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