Re: Perfectionism @ school-to in Canada

[Guest guest]

wrote: " This is his prep for being 'grown-up' which

he tells me all the time he is, don't treat him like a baby. So if you want

teen priveledges, you can't chose baby behaviors when it suits you or feeds

into your ocd perfectionism. "

One caveat: It is part of being a teenager that he or she wants to be treated

as a grown-up except when he or she wants to still be your baby. It can be

really hard to tell when it is typical teenage angst and when it is an ocd

thing. Sometimes you have to indulge the baby bit.

Jule