The self-esteem trap : raising confident and compassionate kids in an age of self-importance / Polly Young-Eisendrath.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, Mass. ; London : Little, Brown, 2009.Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 248 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316013123
- 0316013129
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 155.4182 Y71 | Available | Staining on edges of pages | 33111008979888 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Kids today are depressed and anxious. They also seem to feel entitled to every advantage and unwilling to make the leap into adulthood. As Polly Young-Eisendrath makes clear in this brilliant account of where a generation has gone astray, parents trying to make their children feel special are unwittingly interfering with their kids' ability to accept themselves and cope with life. Clarifying an enormous cultural change, The Self-Esteem Trap shows why so many young people have trouble with empathy and compassion, struggle with moral values, and are stymied in the face of adversity. Young-Eisendrath offers prescriptive advice on how adults can help kids -- through the teen and young adult years -- develop self-worth, setting them on the right track to productive, balanced, and happy lives.
Originally published: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The trouble with being special -- The roots of the problem -- The importance of adversity -- The necessity of conscience and virtue -- Autonomy and emotional maturity -- The value of being ordinary -- Religion and reverence -- Love and its near enemy -- The truth about happiness.
Kids today are depressed and anxious. They also seem to feel entitled to every advantage and unwilling to make the leap into adulthood. As Polly Young-Eisendrath makes clear in this brilliant account of where a generation has gone astray, parents trying to make their children feel special are unwittingly interfering with their kids' ability to accept themselves and cope with life. Clarifying an enormous cultural change, The Self-Esteem Trap shows why so many young people have trouble with empathy and compassion, struggle with moral values, and are stymied in the face of adversity. Young-Eisendrath offers prescriptive advice on how adults can help kids--through the teen and young adult years--develop self-worth, setting them on the right track to productive, balanced, and happy lives.