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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anxiety.

Normal but also something you should address. Keeping her in situations where she needs to face it is good. She is acting silly because she doesn't want to look like she cares a lot and failed. She wants to look like she purposely goofed. Its a defense mechanism to her need for perfection.[/quote]

Any tips on how I can help her? Right now I tell her mistakes are okay and I tell her mistakes are good, that’s how she learns. I tell her to make spectacular mistakes and be unapologetic, etc. so far, it’s not working… [/quote]

I don't know for sure. My son had such bad anxiety we did therapy and meds at age 7. But he would start like you mention and just keep spiraling. The meds and therapy did help fwiw, he is 11 now and doesn't spiral. Your DD seems to be mildly impacted but I dont have the best advice for it since we were at the extreme.

There is a lot of literature about growth mindset, getting unstuck, etc, that I found helpful so maybe something like that would be sufficient. There are workbooks that ask kids to think about a scenario and write how they would act. Just giving her language for what she is feeling might be enough to help move on.[/quote]

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