1. This week's newsletter is about how to help your perfectionist kid. One of my kids is extremely hard on herself, which felt intensified during quarantine when I was so involved in her schoolwork. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/parenting/perfectionist-kids.html

2. Perfectionism has many origins — it can be heritable, said Gordon Flett, Ph.D., who has been researching perfectionism for decades (and makes sense, because I'm a type-A nutjob. I'm sorry, kid!)

3. But peer and household environments can also exacerbate perfectionist tendencies.

4. If your kid is in the middle of a perfectionist spiral -- just listen, said Dunya Poltorak, Ph.D., a child psychologist. "Their feelings are so big in that moment, if you try to jump in, then they feel unheard.”

5. Being vulnerable with your kids helps, too, said Marisa Porges, the head of the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Telling them stories about times you failed as a kid and how you recovered make a difference.

6. Read the rest here! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/parenting/perfectionist-kids.html