Self-respect by Stuart Oakden

A child who is taught to believe that he is essentially good, though subject to lapses which effort may cure, has a better chance of really becoming good than one who is always being told that "he is a naughty boy and likely to come to a bad end". In school, therefore, we must refrain from labelling A as a dunce and B as untidy or C as a nuisance. They quickly adopt this view of themselves and live up to it.