Hollow Kids: Recapturing the Soul of a Generation Lost to the Self-Esteem Myth

Laura L. Smith, Ph.D., a school and clinical psychologist, has worked with high-risk children for more than twenty years. She has published articles and made national and international presentations on the dangers of unrealistic self-esteem among children. An adjunct faculty member at the Fielding Graduate Institute, cofounder of ParentHelpZone.com, and coauthor of Why Can't I Be the Parent I Want to Be? with Dr. Charles H. Elliott, she lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and specialist in cognitive behavior therapies and pediatric psychology, is a member of the faculty at the Fielding Graduate Institute and a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. The former director of mental health consultation-liaison services at the University of Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital, he also lives in AlbuquerqueLaura L. Smith Ph.D. is the author of 'Hollow Kids: Recapturing the Soul of a Generation Lost to the Self-Esteem Myth', published 2001 under ISBN 9780761516743 and ISBN 0761516743.