MEGAN MORALES

Five practical steps to break the perfectionist cycle. Like many children, my youngest daughter is the ultimate perfectionist. Sure, this is fantastic when it comes to things like making her bed or cleaning up her toys—who doesn’t love a clean room? It’s the things she hasn’t yet mastered, or is trying for the first time, that send her spiraling. For kids like my daughter, who have a greater fear of failure, it can be difficult to get started on anything new. Things like lear