Word: esteeming
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...wheelchairs and dolls wearing scarves as if undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. "There's a therapeutic impact," says Helga Parks, who sells more than 2,000 Down Syndrome and Chemo Friends a year through her online Helga's European Specialty Toys. Parks believes her products boost a child's self-esteem by normalizing their condition, and foster understanding among peers: "They take away the fear and sense of alienation for both parties...
...Alan Arkin, who plays Rose and Norah's father Joe. Take away Little Miss's grandpa's deep interest in pornography, and they are essentially the same characters. Arkin's needling charms are intact, but it's a poor casting choice. When you hear him giving the same self-esteem speech to Oscar that he gave to Abigail Breslin's Olive, it's hard not to feel you've been sold secondhand merchandise. That's a pity, because Sunshine Cleaning deserves to stand on its own two feet...
...Having a lot of faith in yourself can be a very good thing. Decades of psychological studies have found that people who believe they have some control of their lives and circumstances are more optimistic and proactive and have higher levels of self-esteem than others. People who believe events control them are likelier to be depressed and pessimistic and to avoid challenging situations. But what happens when your sense of control spins out of control? Try to cross the ocean with nothing but a rowboat and muscle, and you're not going to get very far. (See TIME...
...would do better at the helm of the agency than the people who had been designated subordinates. In the third study, 79 volunteers again wrote about a time they had either been in control or under another's control, and then completed a questionnaire designed to measure their self-esteem, initiative and perceived ability to influence their world. Across the board, the people who had written about being in charge scored higher. That's good - but not if it goes...
...even three generations hence, the creative and productive powers of the largest populations will be abruptly unlocked. They will produce legions of scientists, authors, entrepreneurs, and doctors. There will be billions of dignified families, living in dignified homes with running water, armed with the self-esteem and desire that accompanies good health and literacy, mobility, and legal security. The human singularity will bring bangs of creative flowering in heretofore unknown volumes and quality, and the Asian air will be signed with newfound confidence and pride. I dare any technological singularity to match this future in scale of ambition...