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[quote=Anonymous]It may be that your child is a perfectionist OP.  Not that there is anything wrong with that.  I have had same problem with my son starting in MS, and I am a voice crying in the wilderness with the administration at our private.  They claim it is just my son and that he goes overboard with his assignments.  But one teacher did tell me that they purposely set the bar high in the hopes that kids will master about 75% of what is asked.  For the kid who always does 110%, than can be deadly.  For my son, what has been lost in the pursuit of the >4.0 average in high school is the confidence to take time to develop serious interests outside of school.  To me that is very sad.  No answers for you, except to be aware of the extent to which your child's personality plays a role and to start young teaching her coping and relaxation skills.  Make sure you do recreational things as a family (at least on weekends) that are not performance-oriented.  That has helped in our family.  [/quote]

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