Straight Forward Parenting - Perfectionism and Control Issues

Perfectionism and Control Issues

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Good Enough...When Losing is Winning, and Thin Enough Can Never be Achieved.
by Cynthia N. Bitter

A look at the troubled manifestations of perfectionism--low self-esteem, the need to control others, stifled creativity, fear of failure, and procrastination--shows readers how to pursue attainable excellence.

When Your Best Is Not Good Enough: The Secret of Measuring Up.
by Kevin Leman, Kevin Lemon

Psychologist Kevin Leman offers positive strategies to help readers--and their children--develop healthy lifestyles and break the cycle of failure. Writing in his well-known, upbeat style, he enables readers to accept their shortcomings and value their talents and gifts.

Too Perfect: When Being In Control Gets Out Of Control.
by Allan E. Mallinger, Jeannette Dewyze

Mallinger insists that trading our competitive society's obsession with excellence for more realistic goals is the key to a saner, healthier life and offers obsessives' hope and help to keep from being stranded in a mire of obsessive-compulsive behavior.

Imperfect Control.
by Judith Viorst

Viorst argues that we are constantly dealing with issues of control: As children and parents, victims and survivors, and moral and mortal human beings. She draws from work of biological and social scientist, psychoanalysts, and philosophers as well as interweaving fiction and poetry. She adds personal stories, including some of her own, while writing with compassion and a touch of humor.

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