How do I help them see that failure is not who they are?
My thought? Same way you teach him anything else - by example and by positive affirmation when he "learns" another way not to do something.
It's next to impossible to unlearn something when you can't identify it. I'm glad it's only hard now
AJ
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."