Self Esteem Run Amok

From a recent (via Ken Pope’s listserv) Houston Chronicle story on self esteem.
As Dr. Jean Twenge, author of the book Generation Me, points out, most self-esteem programs encourage kids to feel good about themselves for no particular reason.
Here’s the important finding from a self-esteem study:
Starting in the mid-1990s, a team led by psychologist Carol Dweck [...]

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