Parents, Being Ordinary is Special

Today’s parents offer too much approval and enthusiasm for simply their children’s existence, disrupting kids’ growing abilities to accept realistically both their strengths and their weaknesses, which is the true foundation of self-esteem. Dr. Young-Eisendrath sees the solution in a return to being “ordinary,” as this is rooted in “wisdom about our human condition and a knowledge of how we are all connected.” Parents, avoid what Young-Eisendrath calls The Self Esteem Trap to raise well balanced kids. More>>>