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Sources of Self-Esteem in Children, Part 1: Society’s Infatuation with Beauty

Why are feelings of inadequacy and inferiority so prevalent among people of all ages at this time?The current epidemic of self-doubt has resulted from a totally unjust and unnecessary system of evalua

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Sources of Self-Esteem in Children, Part 3: The Role That Parents Play

In a very real sense, we parents are products of the society whose values I have condemned. We have systematically been taught to worship beauty and brains, as everyone else, and so have our grandmomm

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Sources of Self-Esteem in Children, Part 2: Is I.Q. a Predictor of Success?

I have referred to a “system” of evaluating human worth in our culture, beginning with the most important attribute of physical attractiveness. You may ask, what ranks second in significance?

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