Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Choosing Self-Esteem Over Sex or Pizza

“The idea has been that if we build their self-esteem, then they’ll do better in school and in relationships,” said Dr. Twenge, the “Narcissism Epidemic” author. “Well, that puts the cart before the horse. When you break down the research you see that kids who behave well and get high grades develop high self-esteem — not the other way around.”

[Full Article :
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/choosing-self-esteem-over-sex-or-pizza/]

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