Lately my sweet 8-year old's been saying a lot of, "It's too hard" and "I can't do it." When homework gets tricky, she gets mad. She starts to cry. She wants to give up. Sometimes my 11-year old does this, too. Sometimes I do, too. It happens when our kids (or us) feel there's pressure to be perfect. Even if we don't emphasize this in our parenting, and I know I don't, kids can put this … [Read more...]