For 60 years, Republicans and Democrats agreed that federal dollars should help close gaps between privilege and poverty in ...

(We have the self-esteem movement to thank for living in Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon in which everyone is above average, and the “everyone-gets-a-trophy” syndrome.) ...

In fact, the self-esteem movement in education and psychology has not stood up to academic scrutiny; research by the psychologist Roy F. Baumeister and his co-authors showed that people high in ...

But in 20 years, the self-esteem movement will be considered as quaint as the character building movement is now. I'm not sure what's left to build after that, but it will be entertaining to find out.

For instance, Roy Baumeister is given credit for his involvement in challenging the self-esteem movement, and rightly so. Yet his own theory of Ego Depletion became a victim of the replication crisis.

Once you put aside the overgeneralized concept of self-esteem, you can find what’s really holding you back. Then you have a choice: Work on it or decide it’s not worth the effort.

Self-esteem is defined as our subjective evaluation of our worth as a person. Needless to say, it is influenced by how we think others perceive us, too. Indeed, in a recent poll of my readers, 20% ...

In fact, the self-esteem movement in education and psychology has not stood up to academic scrutiny; research by the psychologist Roy F. Baumeister and his co-authors showed that people high in ...

In fact, the self-esteem movement in education and psychology has not stood up to academic scrutiny; research by the psychologist Roy F. Baumeister and his co-authors showed that people high in ...