Self-esteem is your overall opinion of yourself — how you honestly feel about and value yourself. Self-esteem involves judging your worth as a person. People with healthy self-esteem feel good about themselves and see themselves as worthwhile. People with low self-esteem, on the other hand, put little value on their opinions and ideas and constantly think that they aren’t “good enough.” Self-esteem has been the subject of social research and theory for decades. In recent years, there’s been a concerted effort to boost the self-esteem of schoolchildren through special programs, with proponents believing it would lead to happier kids, better grades and less school bullying. Critics of these efforts contend…