If you want your kids to have strong self-esteem and the confidence that they can solve hard problems, those qualities won't magically materialize in high school.

如果你想让你的孩子拥有强烈的自尊心和解决困难问题的自信，这些品质不会在高中神奇地实现。

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If you want your kids to have strong self-esteem and confidence that they can solve hard problems, those qualities won't magically materialize in high school.

如果你希望你的孩子面对困难时抱有强烈的自尊和自信，这些品质不会在孩子高中时凭空出现。

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As an aside, I know that some people make a strong distinction between self-esteem and self-confidence.

从一方面来说，我知道，一些人在自尊和自信之间做了很大的区分。

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But if parents, teachers and the other adults in a child's life never acknowledge "how things are" -- no matter how good the intention may be -- then they are denying that child an opportunity to mature, to develop a strong sense of self-confidence that can only be earned by recognizing shortcomings and dealing with disappointments and failures.

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They asserted with increasing self confidence that their system was superior: societies that accepted strong, even authoritarian governments and were willing to limit individual liberties in the interest of the common good, take charge of their economics, and sacrifice short-run consumer interests for the sake of long-run growth would eventually outperform the increasingly chaotic societies of the West.

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