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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you for the replies and connections to this situation. Maybe it comes from me... like one of the PPs, I was a good student and really that was my whole identity. So, when I got a D- on a one question test in HS (I still remember what it was: "Define ethnocentricity"), I lost all footing. If I wasn't an "A" student --- what did I have to offer? I had to work on that when I got the D- and it was a shock. I want my DD to succeed and to care about learning to add and spell. But, I feel that her reaction to getting less than 100% right (even if I show her that it is 97% or even if I give her the right spelling and ask her to just write what I'm spelling so she sees it spelled right), is just so personally offended. I would like to believe that she will outgrow this fear of being less than 100% perfect. What should I be doing besides telling her that everyone makes mistakes and she's still important if she gets some wrong, and that sort of thing?[/quote]
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