Self-Esteem

9 Oct 2011

Everyone knows the type: passive-aggressive, conniving, petty. Impotent kings of their own little fiefdoms, whether they're immigration officers determined to make your life miserable, security...

9:30PM

Bringing out the best in students

24 Jun 2010

Wong Ping-kin is a social worker at the Society of Boys' Centres Chak Yan Centre School. He has more than 20 years' experience in the field. Wong says students nowadays live in a very different...

4:59PM

letters

17 Dec 2008

Low self-esteem can ruin your life

Many students have low self-esteem. This can affect their studies as well as their daily lives.

8:56PM

Celebrate who you are

16 Jun 2008

It has been said that true beauty lies within. Unfortunately, in today's shallow world, it is hard to imagine people still believe that maxim.

You will never find an ugly model...

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Q & A

2 Feb 2008

My son is the youngest in his Primary Three class and is really struggling with his school work. He has lots of friends in class but is getting less keen on going to school. I strongly feel he...

6:25PM

Need a makeover?

2 Jan 2008

Sonia Samtani, Image Consultant

Young Post: How did you become an image consultant?

3:23PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

The vanity trap

Hong Kong is a particularly judgmental city where you can never be too thin or too rich,' says Lindsey McAlister, founder and artistic director of the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation which uses...

9:22AM

Speak out, speak smart

Search 'self-esteem' online and you'll soon see that it's a big topic. There are countless sites dedicated to the lack of it, the benefits of it, and how to build it.

10:07PM

Go on, smile

SO, WE'RE NOT a happy lot then. We're not desperately unhappy, but we're definitely not ecstatic. That's according to a survey of 178 countries by a British think-tank published earlier this...

12:33AM

Editor's note

All parents want their children to be smart, but did you know you can enhance their mental development by nurturing their self-esteem? This issue's cover story also explores why too much pressure...

3:18PM

Long and short of it

Even American songwriter Randy Newman could not have predicted the rumpus he stirred up with his satirical 1970s hit Short People. To this day, it is illegal in the state of Maryland for radio...

12:22PM

Give me five

dozen/dozens

(n)

Both can be used to describe a large number

Example: Dozens of villagers were moved to a new housing estate.

to keep an eye on...

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