Teaching self-confidence can backfire and perpetuate inequality
It’s true that self-confidence is beneficial, but the way in which it’s often taught is misguided and can be harmful
by Eddie Brummelman & Kelly Ziemer
Kelly Ziemer is a postdoctoral scholar at the Research Institute of Child Development and Education at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She blends her practice and teaching experience with her research interests in emotions, prevention science, and educational inequality. Her dissertation examined lay theories of self-love in the context of addiction and recovery.
Written by Kelly Ziemer