Too Much Ego Boosting Bad for Kids? - Barbara Ehrenreich

Complete video at: fora.tv Nickel and Dimed author Barbara Ehrenreich explains her take on positive parenting. While she supports the encouragement of self-esteem in children, she warns parents that "delusions are dangerous." ----- Barbara Ehrenreich presents a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism. Americans are a "positive" people -- cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our ...

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Date published: 11 Nov 2009 - 7:35pm

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