Start with 127 great achievers, historic and contemporary; examine how their parents raised them and you’ll find how they were not concerned with self-esteem, grades, tolerance, order, positive thinking, convention or being meek and acceptable. The parents of great achievers were focused on much bigger things for their children. The research revealed the 7 most dangerous parenting myths that today are accepted, aspired to and widely practiced.
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The Myth of Self-Esteem was created to mask the trend of failing test scores, literacy and job preparation in the late 60s and 70s. Renowned psychologist Albert Ellis and author of The Myth of Self-Esteem has openly criticized the self-esteem movement as “self-defeating and ultimately destructive.” According to Ellis a healthier alternative to self-esteem is unconditional self-acceptance or as Napoleon Hill called it “accurate thinking.” Children with an illusion of self-efficacy are over 90 percent more likely engage in destructive behavior; become drug addicts, alcoholics, or criminals of various degrees.
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