Building Children

Many parents don't give their children a chance to build a positive self-concept; instead, they concentrate on their children's weaknesses. . . the parents let him or her know about these weaknesses continually. The result is a constant eroding of their child's self-concept. But parents who build on their kids' strengths find their children growing in responsibility almost daily.

from Parenting with Love & Logic by Foster Cline, MD & Jim Fay