Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson

oh my gosh, we didn't get our kid onto the right softball team, or they're not on travel soccer, or this other parent did the intensive language thing in preschool that we missed. And they're very on it in terms of what can we do to maximize our potential in terms of success, not in terms of hard stuff, not in terms of creativity or what. It's like, where can it take us?

oh my gosh, we didn't get our kid onto the right softball team, or they're not on travel soccer, or this other parent did the intensive language thing in preschool that we missed. And they're very on it in terms of what can we do to maximize our potential in terms of success, not in terms of hard stuff, not in terms of creativity or what. It's like, where can it take us?

oh my gosh, we didn't get our kid onto the right softball team, or they're not on travel soccer, or this other parent did the intensive language thing in preschool that we missed. And they're very on it in terms of what can we do to maximize our potential in terms of success, not in terms of hard stuff, not in terms of creativity or what. It's like, where can it take us?

That's a sign of emotional immaturity? It can be. The proof is in the pudding. Like, how does that affect the kid? Does it dovetail with the kid in such a way that everybody's happy? But I submit that nobody likes being treated like an object or like somebody's success object. I mean...

That's a sign of emotional immaturity? It can be. The proof is in the pudding. Like, how does that affect the kid? Does it dovetail with the kid in such a way that everybody's happy? But I submit that nobody likes being treated like an object or like somebody's success object. I mean...

That's a sign of emotional immaturity? It can be. The proof is in the pudding. Like, how does that affect the kid? Does it dovetail with the kid in such a way that everybody's happy? But I submit that nobody likes being treated like an object or like somebody's success object. I mean...

or having expectations put on you for where you need to measure up to in order for mom or dad to be really proud of you or happy with you. But I do want to say one thing about this, though. It's not only the kind of success that would be like intellectual success, monetary success. I mean, those are, you know, like scoring the goal, winning the game, that kind of thing.

or having expectations put on you for where you need to measure up to in order for mom or dad to be really proud of you or happy with you. But I do want to say one thing about this, though. It's not only the kind of success that would be like intellectual success, monetary success. I mean, those are, you know, like scoring the goal, winning the game, that kind of thing.

or having expectations put on you for where you need to measure up to in order for mom or dad to be really proud of you or happy with you. But I do want to say one thing about this, though. It's not only the kind of success that would be like intellectual success, monetary success. I mean, those are, you know, like scoring the goal, winning the game, that kind of thing.

We're very familiar with that. But sometimes that drivenness can be channeled into things like your religious beliefs or your social behavior or being the quote-unquote normal family on the block. What will the neighbors say? I

We're very familiar with that. But sometimes that drivenness can be channeled into things like your religious beliefs or your social behavior or being the quote-unquote normal family on the block. What will the neighbors say? I

We're very familiar with that. But sometimes that drivenness can be channeled into things like your religious beliefs or your social behavior or being the quote-unquote normal family on the block. What will the neighbors say? I

a lot of these parents do do things like they get advanced degrees or they are on their kids about getting into certain colleges, but they can also be on their children about perfecting their social role or their place in the church or it could be anything. It just has that quality of driving toward a goal and

a lot of these parents do do things like they get advanced degrees or they are on their kids about getting into certain colleges, but they can also be on their children about perfecting their social role or their place in the church or it could be anything. It just has that quality of driving toward a goal and

a lot of these parents do do things like they get advanced degrees or they are on their kids about getting into certain colleges, but they can also be on their children about perfecting their social role or their place in the church or it could be anything. It just has that quality of driving toward a goal and

whoops, like too bad that that isn't what you want to do or too bad that it's making you anxious and depressed because you will be happier and things will go better for you in your life if you just believe me and do what I say. So we get there. And then there's the punishment if you don't emotionally.

whoops, like too bad that that isn't what you want to do or too bad that it's making you anxious and depressed because you will be happier and things will go better for you in your life if you just believe me and do what I say. So we get there. And then there's the punishment if you don't emotionally.

whoops, like too bad that that isn't what you want to do or too bad that it's making you anxious and depressed because you will be happier and things will go better for you in your life if you just believe me and do what I say. So we get there. And then there's the punishment if you don't emotionally.

Oh, you're never good enough. Perfectionism, procrastination in response to the perfectionism, the feeling like I can't sit down and read a book or someone's going to call me lazy. They'll talk about their relaxing day as if they did something naughty to their friends. Oh, I didn't do anything. I just sat there with my nose in the book. I was really bad today.

Oh, you're never good enough. Perfectionism, procrastination in response to the perfectionism, the feeling like I can't sit down and read a book or someone's going to call me lazy. They'll talk about their relaxing day as if they did something naughty to their friends. Oh, I didn't do anything. I just sat there with my nose in the book. I was really bad today.