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Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence

 

Building or increasing self-esteem and self-confidence in yourself and your children.

 

 

Internet Resources

 

Building Self-Esteem

Courageous Kids

More Self Esteem

National Association for Self-Esteem

Self-Confidence

 

 

Recommended Reading

 

Apter, Terri
The Confident Child: Raising a Child to Try, Learn, and Care. Norton, 1997

 

Apter, Terri
The Confident Child: Raising Children to Believe in Themselves. Bantam-Dell-Doubleday, 1998

 

Burns, David
Ten Days to Self-Esteem. Quill, 1999

 

Burns, David
The Feeling Good Handbook. Penguin, 1999

 

Glennon, Will
200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem: An Indispensable Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Other Concerned Garegivers. Conari Press, 1999

 

Hall, Lindsay, & Cohn, Leigh
Self-Esteem: Tools For Recovery. Gurze Books, 1991

 

Orenstein, Peggy
Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap. Doubleday, 1995

 

Owens, Karen
Raising Your Child's Inner Self-Esteem: The Authoritative Guide from Infancy through the Teen Years. Plenum Publishing, 1995

 

Seligman, Martin E., Reivich, Karen R., Jaycox, Lisa, & Gillham, Jane
The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Life-Long Resilience. HarperCollins, 1996

 

Silverstein, Brett, & Perlick, Deborah
The Cost of Competence: Why Inequality Causes Depression, Eating Disorders, and Illness in Women. Oxford University Press, 1995

 

 

 

 

 

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