tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816100348483490251.post5876738091409835972..comments2023-05-22T04:37:07.323-07:00Comments on Musings of a Working Twin Mom: Challenge--or the Perfectionist's Math TestGratefulTwinMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879198233409638276noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816100348483490251.post-66530762068072704142011-07-06T06:04:57.378-07:002011-07-06T06:04:57.378-07:00Its tough. My daughter is rather a perfectionist a...Its tough. My daughter is rather a perfectionist and very independant. Her brother on the other hand (twins) is the total opposite. They are two years old, but I can see now already how schooling could work out. *sigh*<br /><br />Just came across your blog and love it. :)Yasmin @ alittlelessfluffhttp://www.alittlelessfluff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816100348483490251.post-14349895754887426532011-06-18T15:21:18.719-07:002011-06-18T15:21:18.719-07:00How are you doing Twin Mom? Haven't been blogg...How are you doing Twin Mom? Haven't been blogging regularly. Pray things are looking up for you since the cancer scare.Cafe Pasadenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366911652838118347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816100348483490251.post-21809215260220503632011-04-01T07:16:19.442-07:002011-04-01T07:16:19.442-07:00OY. I can see pieces of this in my four year old ...OY. I can see pieces of this in my four year old and I wonder how to handle it. We talk ALL THE TIME about how making mistakes IS learning. That it's actually hard to learn if you don't make mistakes. So when I make a 'mistake' (a term we apply loosely) I talk out loud all about it ("Oh look! I spilled a little water because I was trying to hold too many cups at once! I guess next time I'll chose to hold only one cup at a time!") <br /><br />I'm pretty sure, though, that this technique won't fly with an older, wiser kid! :-)clueless but hopeful mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011524864788495788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816100348483490251.post-3021437218495042452011-03-30T21:42:13.739-07:002011-03-30T21:42:13.739-07:00Oh man. I was exactly like that, all throughout hi...Oh man. I was exactly like that, all throughout high school too. I beat myself up over B grades. But now that I'm in college, that's definitely changed.<br /><br />You can't freak out anymore when you get anything less than a 3.9 or 4.0, because it happens a lot. I still do well, never below a 3.3 in a class (and that's only happened twice), but it's just not worth feeling bad about if I honestly did the best I could with the time and resources available.<br /><br />I'd love to talk to T2 about school when you guys come up to visit. It sounds like she and I have a lot in common.notmytreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875488331354479623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816100348483490251.post-34486581002467527182011-03-29T23:49:32.975-07:002011-03-29T23:49:32.975-07:00You are handling it perfectly/exceptionally! It is...You are handling it perfectly/exceptionally! It is a great lesson to her... Maybe just tell her to go on in test, and while her (very intelligent) mind is busy working at that problem, she can finish the rest and come back to it! So, always give her mind some time to "process" and then come back...MomAgain@40http://momagain40.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816100348483490251.post-21520462734522094262011-03-29T19:50:18.926-07:002011-03-29T19:50:18.926-07:00Oh that is a hard one. I love the quotes and theor...Oh that is a hard one. I love the quotes and theories you were using.<br /> <br />My oldest is a perfectionist and always refuses help!!!<br /><br />My son is not a perfectionist, but takes every not so good grade so hard that it breaks my heart. He starts standardized testing tomorrow and I am so worried for him. Not that he will do badly on the testing, but that he will feel badly about it.<br /><br />I think you guys did a great job with her.Making It Work Momhttp://www.makingitworkmom.comnoreply@blogger.com