We were delighted that Dr Tara Porter came to HBS to speak to parents about her new book ‘Good Enough: A Framework for Modern Parents’.  

Her extensive experience and expertise as a clinical psychologist means she is perfectly placed to provide insight into the existence and potentially damaging impact of perfectionism on teenage girls (in particular). Her advice to parents was invaluable: stressing the importance of self-reflection, listening with empathy and curiosity, deconstructing the myth of ‘the perfect life’ and managing unreasonable expectations.  Her important messages chime with the work we are doing internally to support the anxiety and challenges that can sometimes accompany high levels of aspiration and achievement.