Self-Esteem in Children

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The paper examines various definitions and views of self-esteem and highlights the importance of self-esteem to a healthy psychological development. The paper relates that the development process of self-esteem starts during childhood and discusses in detail how the family and school can encourage self-esteem in children. The paper shows how a strong self-esteem is an important step in building a psychologically healthy relationship with oneself and the outside world and thus a critical ingredient for human happiness.

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"Self-esteem is the value one places on himself or herself. Many factors affect how one feels about onself. When self-esteem is low, it does not necessarily mean that one is a failure, only that one feels that way. Many very successful people occasionally experience healthy self-doubt. Whatever the reason for self-esteem being low, when people learn how to give themselves approval from within, they feel much better about them selves and their chances for success in the world. Though not an absolute pre-requisite for success, learning how to value and raise one's self-esteem is often the first step in being psychologically healthy and successful."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Branden, N.(1999) "What is self-esteem?" Paper presented at the first International Conferenceon Self-Esteem, Oslo, Norway. August, 1999. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No.CG 022 939.
• "California Task Force." (1990). California Task Force to Promote Self-esteem and Personaland Social Responsibility. Toward a state of self-esteem. Sacramento: California StateDepartment of Education.

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