Some time ago I was invited to contribute a paper that would suggest ways that parents, teachers and therapists could nurture self-esteem in children. I offer this paper in its original form, unchanged, as it was addressed to colleagues. Nurturing Self-Esteem in Young People If we are to consider how self-esteem is best nurtured in young people, [...]

1. Does self-esteem mean feeling good about yourself? Self-esteem is an experience. It is a particular way of experiencing the self. It is a good deal more than a mere feeling. It involves emotional, evaluative, and cognitive components. It also entails certain action dispositions: to move toward life rather than [...]

It occasionally happens that I read an article or essay that affects me so deeply that I feel a strong desire to broadcast it to the world. This does not happen very often but it happened recently. I hope that no further explanation will be necessary. ISRAEL’S PECULIAR POSITION by Eric Hoffer (LA Times [...]