Why the Focus on Power and Esteem in Peer Groups and In School?
Welcome! A year ago, we of CMN, began to explore how the core needs of children/youth can be met as defined by the Choice Therapy Principles of Dr. William Glasser. It is our hope that you will use this information to strengthen the children and youth in your lives, and to help them build their resiliency against destructive behaviors: substance and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, self-mutilation, gang involvement and promiscuity – to name a few. Children and youth may adopt these types of destructive behaviors as an attempt to meet their core needs. The short-term affects of these destructive behaviors may feel very good to a child/youth who knows no other way to meet their needs. At their young age, many children/youth are not very open to discussing how these destructive behaviors will hurt them and others in the long run. This CMN segment explores the importance of children developing and growing their sense of power and esteem within peer groups as well as within their school env
