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In the movie Mall Cop, Paul Blart is struggling with self-esteem issues. During the second scene, he is sitting around the dinner table with his mother and his daughter who are both encouraging him to begin dating again. Blart, a discouraged divorced parent, disguises his loneliness as his family is…

In the 1980's there was a strong push to build the self-esteem of our children. This movement found many children mindlessly singing with their teachers, I am special, I am special, look at me, look at me! (“Frere Jacques”) However, this movement has had some negative consequences. Recent comprehensive…

SELF ESTEEM Gary Zukav has been sharing his spiritual insights with Oprah since the fall of 1998. In a recent episode, he responded to the following question: “How does one heal the inner feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem?” by saying, “This is the core issue of the human experience. Low self-esteem…

"How should a Christian view self-esteem?" Answer: *Many define self-esteem as feelings of worth based on their skills, accomplishments, status, financial resources, or appearance. This kind of “self-esteem” leads a person to feel independent and prideful, and indulge in self-worship, which dulls our…

SELF-ESTEEM A mild-mannered man was tired of being bossed around by his wife; so he went to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist said he needed to build his self esteem and so gave him a book on assertiveness, which he read on the way home. He finished the book by the time he reached his house and decided…

SELF-ESTEEM A mild-mannered man was tired of being bossed around by his wife; so he went to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist said he needed to build his self esteem and so gave him a book on assertiveness, which he read on the way home. He finished the book by the time he reached his house and decided…

SELF-ESTEEM A mild-mannered man was tired of being bossed around by his wife; so he went to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist said he needed to build his self esteem and so gave him a book on assertiveness, which he read on the way home. He finished the book by the time he reached his house and decided…

IMAGE A middle-aged rock group in Britain was able to score their first musical hit in 15 years by performing an artificial facelift on themselves. The group known as The Alarm, gave themselves the pseudonym The Poppyfields and hired a group of teenagers to take their roles in a new music video. While…

Self-Esteem, Therapeutic Culture In a column for ChristianPost.com, Michael Craven writes: "Christopher Lasch points out in his important book, The Culture of Narcissism, 'The contemporary climate is therapeutic not religious. People today hunger not for personal salvation, but for the feeling, the momentary…

We’re not as good at something as someone else we know. We don’t have all the resources we think we need. We figure that the chances of failing and looking like losers are too high. But do you see the misconceptions hiding in all these reasons? We’re really saying: God only uses the best and brightest.…

Encourage Your Children I also believe that encouraged and encouraging parents will produce encouraged and encouraging children. Living life with a “Yes!” perspective instead of the all-too-common “No!” should be our guiding philosophy with our children; we need to look for things they’re doing right…

Kids have a lot more money than they used to. They are also exposed to a great deal more advertising, not only in front of the television and computer at home, but even at school, through Channel One. As a result, children as young as 18 months can identify a brand, and their desires influence how adults…