Replying to @tarah
With regard to female fear of failure, any idea how I can stomp that out of my 6 year old. She's got it real bad, and I need to stop it.
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I’m in full agreement with @tarah when it comes to the question of professional certification. But the issue of perfectionism in grade school kids—boys and girls—is something else entirely. 1/n
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In an age of grade inflation, a “perfect” GPA—something ABOVE 4.0–has become the minimum bar for being accepted into the better colleges and universities. College-bound kids have internalized this. 2/n

Dec 30, 2019 · 12:32 PM UTC

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