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Kids know if they’re ‘super’ by age 5

Children have a sense of self-esteem–a characteristic that stays relatively stable throughout their life–by age 5, even before they begin kindergarten, a new study shows.

"Our work provides the earliest glimpse to date of how preschoolers sense their selves," says lead author Dario Cvencek, a research scientist at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington.

by Molly McElroy-University of Washington

Full Story: http://www.futurity.org/children-self-esteem-kindergarten-1041952/?utm_source=Futurity+Today&utm_campaign=a9074fb9f2-November_5_201511_5_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e34e8ee443-a9074fb9f2-203916893

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