Overcoming toxic perfectionism in teenagers

By Clare Kermond
Updated October 23 2016 - 5:18am, first published 1:10am
Chloe credits a psychiatrist and her family for helping beat an eating disorder. Photo: Eddie Jim
Chloe credits a psychiatrist and her family for helping beat an eating disorder. Photo: Eddie Jim
The Butterfly Foundation's chief executive Christine Morgan says prevention and early intervention are key to reducing the onset of eating disorders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
The Butterfly Foundation's chief executive Christine Morgan says prevention and early intervention are key to reducing the onset of eating disorders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Here's a quick test: If your teenage daughter makes a mistake in her written work does she cross it out; erase it and keep going; or does she rip out the whole page and start over. Does she do draft after draft after draft? Does she come down on herself like a tonne of bricks over small mistakes or a test result that is worse than expected?