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Self-esteem

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
November
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
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Jn the training umi :ivation of thfl young this element oí' cíiaracter should uot bo crushed, but encouragod and properly direoted. If a cbild bas a fair tlcvelopniont of it, ho should nevcr bc degradad nor undorrated. If it bo wcak iri hiru, it siiould bo encouraged by an address to bis liouor umi manliness. Ho uiay bo early taught tbat somo actious aru in tin tuselvea mean and low; and thoroforn beaeath tho true dignity of hunian cliaraoter, and he will instinetively despiso and avoid ihein. Mothers sometimos cali their cliildr.u debasing naiuety suchas tülriin, scamp, simpletoiij ■' This practico not only sorvcs to irritato and annoy the cbild, and thus deprave ita disposition, bat it has a direct tendency to lower tlio child in bis owu sclf-respect. If v.c teil the cbild bc is a villain, andt i-i -i [ce flor our opinión, it is the very way to inako bim one by bligbtiug lus bcusu o: honor and giving bim u. craven spirit and a low ostimatioii of bimself. Wbilo we disliko a haugbty, superciliOU8 character, we equally deprecato ari undiguitied, craven spirit. Most persons, in tho training of children, address approbativeness rather toan selí-esteem i they in on the child's mind tho idea that his wrong doings will be unpopular, not that certain acts and dispositions ure essentially maan and unwortby of him as a human bsiijg, whelher tbo world knows it or not. A child can bd indneed to abandon ;i fuvorite pursuit, . by arousing his self-esteem to regard it as debasing, mean, and andignifled, und theu though bis frienda and the world do not see his conduct, ho will avoid improper conduct per se and for his own sake, not to avoid rebnko or public disgraco. Hia virtues can also be made strong when his of dignity and honor is oombined with tho ■ f reaaon and S01011CÜ.-

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Michigan Argus