Parents who consistently laud their children for every attempt to accomplish something, whether successful or not, actually erode the youngsters' sense of self-esteem. Children require commendation for their achievements, but if uniformly praised for both what they have accomplished and what they have merely attempted, they will eventually discount all words of commendation. In effect, such children never hear any praise at all. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion of the argument? ['Children will develop low self-esteem if their parents do not praise them when they succeed.', "Children's self-esteem will suffer if their parents uniformly praise their attempts to accomplish things regardless of their success or failure.", 'Parents should praise their children for their achievements.', 'Children whose actions are praised undeservedly eventually learn to discount all words of praise.']