Tag: self-esteem
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Grounding the Helicopter
Read more: Grounding the HelicopterToward a less hovering approach to parenting: How to Land Your Kid in Therapy (The Atlantic). [A]ll of this worry about creating low self-esteem might actually perpetuate it. No wonder my patient Lizzie told me she felt “less amazing” than her parents had always said she was. Given how “amazing” her parents made her out…
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Empathy Endangered?
Read more: Empathy Endangered?Headline: Shocker: Empathy Dropped 40% in College Students Since 2000. Without unstructured free time with playmates, children simply don’t get to know each other very well. And you can’t learn to connect and care if you don’t practice these things. Free play declined by at least a third between 1981 and 2003–right when the kids…
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Tai Chi for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression
Read more: Tai Chi for Stress, Anxiety, and DepressionScience Daily: Tai Chi Gets Cautious Thumbs Up for Psychological Health. [A study] found that practicing Tai Chi was associated with reduced stress, anxiety, depression and mood disturbance, and increased self-esteem. What’s Tai Chi? Wikipedia’s answer is here.