nerdfishgirl:freyamaat: aniseandspearmint:notfunnymistahj:Me too! Please tell me when I do a goo
nerdfishgirl:freyamaat: aniseandspearmint: notfunnymistahj: Me too! Please tell me when I do a good job! Okay, but this is kind of important. As kids get older, the amount of times they’re praised for doing something correctly, or GOOD really peters off until, by the time they’re adults, it’s seen as juvenile or immature to want to be told you’re doing a good job at something. Mentioning this to a much older person has gotten me scoffed at, “Oh, so you want me to give you a pat on the back for/ every little thing you do/?” Well, no, of course not. But I do like it when my efforts are /recognized/. It’s incredibly disheartening to put your all into something and have it go completely unacknowledged. @simonthesmall Also…you don’t know how many people were NEVER told they were doing a good job as young kids, no matter how well they did at anything. -- source link