Life Skills: Improving Your Self-Esteem introduces the issues of self-esteem and self-confidence, illustrating that positive thinking and positive action skills will help young people achieve their goals and deal effectively with the ups and downs of life. Teens learn to acquire self-esteem through positive thinking and positive action. They learn that self-esteem is the foundation for confidence and achievement and to respond appropriately to resist social pressures to engage in self-destructive behaviors.