Thursday 29 September 2016

Quote of the Day: On children’s self-esteem

 

"There’s this myth that self-esteem comes from making everything easy for your children and making sure they never fail. If they never encounter hardship or conflict, the logic goes, they’ll never feel bad about themselves. Well, that’s ridiculous. That’s not even a human life. Kids learn self-esteem from mastering difficult tasks. It’s as simple as that."
~ Barbara Kingsolver on ‘Montessori: ‘'You Can Do Hard Things”’

[Hat tip Maria Montessori Education Foundation (MMEF)]

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