The Self-Esteem Movement in Teaching: Results?
There has been a movement for at least 20 years to boost self-esteem in children. Why did this ever get going? Baumeister et. al. trace the literature to California Assemblyman John Vascocellos arguing that raising self-esteem in youth would reduce crime, teen pregnancy, drug abuse, school underachievement and pollution (p.1) but even after nine years…