ABSTRACT
For children to continue to build on the healthy self-concept that is developing when they enter school or, for some children, to begin to make changes in a developing poor self-concept is essential for children to know themselves. Unfortunately, not all children see themselves as individuals. Sometimes children come from homes that are so authoritative that they were never afforded the opportunity to see themselves different in any way from the other members of the family. Children who are never allowed self expression, never allowed to contribute to family decisions, and never asked for their opinion, soon learn that they do not count for much as a person.
