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lillibet ([personal profile] lillibet) wrote2007-02-27 09:24 am
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Self-Esteem in High Places

Here's the LA Times article that caught my eye this morning that suggests we may have done too good a job encouraging self-esteem in our children, to the point that narcissism is possibly a problem among college-aged youth.

Thoughts?

[identity profile] marmota.livejournal.com 2007-02-27 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"She and four other researchers from the University of Michigan, University of Georgia and University of South Alabama looked at the results of psychological surveys taken by more than 16,000 college students across the country over more than 25 years."

It looks to me like it was just people in college.

From my own experience, I'd say that even working through and using financial aid, just coming from a background with expectations of college is a different world.