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Promoting Self-Esteem Encouraging Delinquency?

By Poison_Ivy - Posted on March 11th, 2008

I have been thinking about this subject quite a bit in the past couple of days. We have become a society where the value of building good self-esteem is stressed. Particularly in schools. Teachers are constantly attending seminars and studying more about how to raise their students' self esteem. Is this honestly what is best for the kids?

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Please Stop Looking at My Chest, It is Very Distracting

By Kalison - Posted on October 4th, 2007

Tagged: gender • learned behavior • social commentary • Education • Personal freedom

Socialization and Gender

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