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#221 - Dr Michael Grugan - Why Perfectionist Parents Are Breaking Their Kids

Mar 10, 2025
01:04:25

Dr. Michael Grugan is an assistant professor of psychology at Northumbria University.

Do perfectionist parents actually help or hurt their child’s development? What happens when high expectations cross the line into toxic pressure? Michael’s work looks at perfectionistic environments, parents, and their affects.

You’ll learn; what a perfectionistic parent looks like, what personality traits could cause perfectionistic parenting, whether perfectionistic parenting is a form of love or control, how to be more adaptable as a perfectionist, whether social media is fueling parents to be more perfectionistic, and much more.


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