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RE: [xmca] The Self-esteem movement

"Pumping up children's tyres is a double edged sword" - what a wonderfully incongruous example of a mixed metaphor!

Rod

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From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Blunden
Sent: 30 May 2012 10:04
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: [xmca] The Self-esteem movement

At last the pendulum has begun to swing back:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/2240486979/Inflating-children-may-create-bullies
The report says that "the self-esteem movement" (i.e. lying to kids about their own virtues) is seen as a "failed experiment." Can anyone tell me where this "self-esteem" idea came from?

Andy
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