"how not to talk to your kids" : the cult of praise (from the New Yorker)

Feb 13, 2007 12:33

*finally* the defining moment in our self-esteem enshrined culture has been uncovered.
i always had a sneaking suspicion it occurred sometime around when i was born but now i have proof.
from the article :

"[...] Since the 1969 publication of The Psychology of Self-Esteem, in which Nathaniel Branden opined that self-esteem was the single most ( Read more... )

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altbro_emeritus February 13 2007, 21:20:30 UTC
conversely, i don't think parents should start beating their children with stupid sticks

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