Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Histories -- Origins of the self-esteem imaginary -- The age of self-esteem -- Beliefs -- A chorus of parental voices -- Nuanced and dissenting voices -- Practices -- Praise and affirmation -- Discipline -- Child-affirming artifacts -- Persons -- Emily Parker and her family -- Eric Prewitt and his family -- Charisse Jackson and her family -- Brian Tatler and his family -- Commentary: personalization -- Conclusions -- Appendix: methods for the millennial study -- Notes -- References -- About the authors -- Index.
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