RE: Fostering self esteem

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Tony

I agree with you that many school teachers are confused in fostering self esteem.

>My experience has been that many of these tend to over emphasize the "you are great! / you can do it" messages they give the young people. My own reaction is that this falls into the category of "helping" too much.

It could be. However it also could be something different. For example, for a child who aspires to achieve too much, because he might have intended to achieve more than what the teacher said, he may feel being criticized. Or for a kid who is always humiliated, he might feel it encouraging thus can be beneficial for self esteem.

Nam

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