Perhaps the most important thing I've learned about parenting my perfectionist is to gush over her hard work and efforts, rather than to focus my praise on outcomes and results.

也许作为完美主义者的家长，我学会的最重要的一点就是对她的付出和努力大加赞赏，而不是把表扬集中到结果上。

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Over the past 50 years, we've seen a number of gigantic policies produce disappointing results — policies to reduce poverty, homelessness, dropout rates, single-parenting and drug addiction.

过去五十年，我们见过太多重大政策没有好结果-- 说什么减少贫困、减少流浪人员、降低辍学率、降低单亲抚养比率以及减少吸毒者数量。

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I'll take an honest expression of disapproval over the smug, passive-aggressive mom-shaming that goes on every day on the playground and in the comments sections of every parenting blog.

我要开诚布公的对那些行为表达不满，每天在游乐场和每个育儿微博评论栏里都会出现一些自鸣得意、消极攻击的“妈咪羞耻”行为。

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And in many cases, that kind of anxious, over-involved parenting can actually harm our kids.

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She says that she only has real conversations with her child over Facebook and the phone (an improvement over the classic parenting problem of barely talking to your kids at all).

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But not so fast says Lisa Belkin, now resident parenting columnist over at the Huffington Post.

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