Is your child (or you) a perfectionist? Perfectionism can create such fear that it stops you from trying! Here’s a great activity to start learning how to learn from your own mistakes.
Practice Goofing Up!
Purpose: Learn the importance of taking action, through the exploration that there is more than one way to do things.
Take an activity which your child avoids or has a fear of. Let’s imagine that your child avoids writing due to his fear of “not writing fast or well enough.”
Instructions to child:
Sit comfortably.
Close your eyes and take a few breaths.
(Pause)
Imagine sitting in your class.
Your teacher has just given you a handwriting assignment.
This is a long assignment which will count a lot for your grade in the class.
What do you notice in your mind?
(Pause)
Once your child will try an activity that he has avoided or struggled with, have him consider making a declaration as discussed in the previous chapter.
Let him create his own. You might hear him say something like:
I CAN do this!
Do It!
By Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, Colorado Optometrist in Vision Therapy.
A pioneer in vision therapy and developmental optometry, Dr. Lynn Hellerstein is the founder of Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center, PC. For more than 40 years, she has helped thousands of children and adults improve their vision and transform their lives — at home, in the classroom and on the sports field.
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