It's a struggle to convey to people that you need to find a balance. It's not a great idea to always be negative with your children, but that doesn't mean you need to tell them they are amazing at everything, even if they aren't. I remember overhearing a family praising their rather overweight daughter as we waited outside gymnastics one day and she showed off her "talent" that really wasn't the skill she was claiming it was. I could understand encouragement to say she was getting closer and to keep working on it, but telling her she was amazing at it just seemed to be setting her up for a big fall when she discovered she really had no idea what she was doing.

It was interesting that you touched on counsellors too. From what I'm learning of my daughter's, at the moment, I'm not entirely sure she is being very professional in her position. Diagnosing and labelling my daughter's friends and family on what she's telling her doesn't seem very helpful in getting her working through her own issues.

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