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Egerton Y. Davis, MD's avatar

Always had the sense that the self-esteem movement was a substitute for the hard work of parenting. Thanks for the confirmation.

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Kevin Geehr's avatar

A Musing Father -- where parenting myths go to die

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Craig's avatar

Well-researched piece, Kevin.

I love the book Growth Mindset. In fact, after reading it I told my wife she could pick our son's name but I got to pick his initials - CAN - so he would always have a reminder that he CAN do hard things.

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Kevin Geehr's avatar

Wow. Love that, Craig. He is going to be able to run through walls :)

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