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Jason Wynkoop, Clinical Director of EDGE Learning and Wellness Collegiate Community in Chicago, spoke to Woodbury and co-host Liz McGhee on the Parent Choices for Struggling Teens radio show about the meaning of searching for real self-esteem for adolescents. The host of the L.A. Talk Radio show, Lon Woodbury, is an independent educational consultant who has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. The show's co-host, Elizabeth McGhee, is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center, with over 19 years' of clinical, consulting and referral relations experience. The show was sponsored by Father Flanagan's Boys Town in Nebraska.
Jason Wynkoop
Jason Wynkoop., LCSW, the Clinical Director for EDGE Learning and Wellness Collegiate Community in Chicago, has a master's in Social Work from the University of Chicago. For well over 15 years, he has worked with children, adolescents, adults and families in schools and therapeutic settings.
Why Searching for Real Self-Esteem is Not Easy
Discussing the theme of searching for real self-Esteem, Jason briefly outlined where the concept of self-esteem went wrong, what erroneous cultural beliefs about over-praising tends to do to harm young people, and suggestions for building a more accurate self-concept.
Kids commonly have have an incorrect self-concept. While some overstate what they can do others go to the opposite extreme and downplay their natural skills and abilities. Regrettably, lots of children are never offered the opportunity to establish a reasonable self-concept since both parents and school teachers tend to unconditionally praise everything that they doing to avoid damaging their budding confidence. As a result, when youngsters find that they may not be skilled in something, they often shy away from attempting anything new. By not making an attempt, they avoid the emotional pain of failing. Jason explained that the current social fad of nourishing self-confidence prior to established competence did not work at all. It was considerably better for kids to first develop proficiency before they could genuinely feel confident about their capacities.
Self-esteem, Jason said, had to be earned through trial-and-error. When parents overprotected or lavished undeserved praise on their children, they were hurting, not helping them. Children tend to feel confused and upset children when real world experiences reveal their limitations. At EDGE Learning and Wellness Collegiate Community in Chicago, parents are advised how to guide their children in realistic way and students are taught to provide for themselves, take risks, enjoy their activities, and focus on developing their strengths. In the final analysis, searching for real self-esteem was based on realism, trial-and-error, and developing an accurate self-concept.
Jason Wynkoop
Jason Wynkoop., LCSW, the Clinical Director for EDGE Learning and Wellness Collegiate Community in Chicago, has a master's in Social Work from the University of Chicago. For well over 15 years, he has worked with children, adolescents, adults and families in schools and therapeutic settings.
Why Searching for Real Self-Esteem is Not Easy
Discussing the theme of searching for real self-Esteem, Jason briefly outlined where the concept of self-esteem went wrong, what erroneous cultural beliefs about over-praising tends to do to harm young people, and suggestions for building a more accurate self-concept.
Kids commonly have have an incorrect self-concept. While some overstate what they can do others go to the opposite extreme and downplay their natural skills and abilities. Regrettably, lots of children are never offered the opportunity to establish a reasonable self-concept since both parents and school teachers tend to unconditionally praise everything that they doing to avoid damaging their budding confidence. As a result, when youngsters find that they may not be skilled in something, they often shy away from attempting anything new. By not making an attempt, they avoid the emotional pain of failing. Jason explained that the current social fad of nourishing self-confidence prior to established competence did not work at all. It was considerably better for kids to first develop proficiency before they could genuinely feel confident about their capacities.
Self-esteem, Jason said, had to be earned through trial-and-error. When parents overprotected or lavished undeserved praise on their children, they were hurting, not helping them. Children tend to feel confused and upset children when real world experiences reveal their limitations. At EDGE Learning and Wellness Collegiate Community in Chicago, parents are advised how to guide their children in realistic way and students are taught to provide for themselves, take risks, enjoy their activities, and focus on developing their strengths. In the final analysis, searching for real self-esteem was based on realism, trial-and-error, and developing an accurate self-concept.
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Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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