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"If children fear failure, it will hinder their willingness to explore, think outside the box, and stifle creativity.
This can also impact their creative confidence, which carries into adulthood."
That's what parenting expert Jennifer Wallace has to say about China's girls, according to a new study by the LEGO Group.
The survey of 60,000 kids in 36 countries found that 86% of 5-year-old girls in China are confident in their creativity, reports the South China Morning Post.
The same study found that girls in China face more pressure to achieve perfection than boys, and 71% of them say they're anxious about making mistakes because they're under so much pressure to be perfect.
"The pressure to maintain perfection and fear of making mistakes exacerbate this anxiety," says Wallace.
The LEGO study also found that girls in China are more likely than boys to believe that parents are more willing to listen to their ideas.
"As a group that interacts with girls daily, parents and caregivers should strive to make conscious changes in their everyday interactions, adjust their communication methods, provide girls with more exploration space, and allow them to have a stage to unleash their creativity," says the founder of China's first mobile platform for psychotherapy. Read the Entire Article
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