The parent of a six-year-old who “struggles with tasks due to perfectionism” has asked others for advice on how to help their child become less obsessed with getting things right all the time. In a Reddit post, they noted their child “will get angry and cry, [and] sometimes have a meltdown” if he can’t do something perfectly – a pattern they’ve spotted since he turned four. Perfectionism appears to be on the rise – especially in children and young people. One 2022 study (involving 16 to 25-year-olds) found 85% of them had perfectionist traits that were mostly focused on academic achievement.This is, understandably, stressful – and it can take its toll on both physical and mental health over time. Meeting parental and teacher expectations was often a source of distress, the study noted, but students also attributed it to their own achievement aspirations.Some teachers previously opened up about witnessing a trend where more children seem too a