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As a result, the child may become afraid of making the slightest mistake and will blame himself or herself for not being ‘perfect.’ Over time, such behaviour, known as maladaptive perfectionism, may be detrimental to the child’s well-being as it increases the risk of the child developing symptoms of depression, anxiety and even suicide in very serious cases,” study author Ryan Hong explained. “When parents become intrusive in their children’s lives, it may signal to the children that what they do is never good enough.

Jonathan Kay: Canada is becoming a nation of ‘Tiger Mothers’.

Many parents see competitive activities as not just important, but essential for their children’s success.

And that high or increased level of self-criticism was correlated to elevated levels of depression or anxiety. The children with intrusive parents were more likely to be overly critical of themselves, and this tendency increased over the years. The researchers then assessed aspects of the child’s mental health from talking to both the child and parent.Īnd here’s the part where the study becomes alarming. Similar tests were repeated as the children aged – at 8, 9 and 11. Each of these attempts was logged and coded. These were the moms and dads who “took over the game to retract a move made by the child,” the researchers said. Their goal was to figure out whether the parents interfered with the child’s problem-solving and whether that help was needed.Īt the extreme end of the spectrum were parents with what they called highly intrusive behavior.

They told the parents that they should feel free to help the child whenever necessary and then secretly rated their behaviors. Scientists measured what they called “parental intrusiveness” in the first year of the study by asking the child to solve some puzzles while a parent – whichever one was more involved in care – was present. The work looks at the dark side of perfectionism – maladaptive perfectionism, in research parlance – and how this develops in schoolchildren. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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