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Our children do not need self-esteem—they need God-esteem. If they have God-esteem, they will understand their value but not make too much of themselves. Instead, they will expend themselves, allowing the perfect image of God to be reflected through their lives

Consider this—the average (that is, normal) person between the ages of nine and seventeen scores as high on anxiety scales as children who were admitted to psychological clinics for severe disorders in the 1950s. We simply have not been tending to the spirits of our children or teaching them the art of tending their own spirits.