That's definitely a good approach. Another important element, however, is to raise children who are not emotionally needy. Raising children with good self esteem is part of that, but making sure they get all of their other emotional needs met is equally important. I say this from the perspective of having already conducted the experiment with success. My son is about to turn 25. I raised him with both of those things in mind - self esteem as well as doing whatever I could to make sure his other emotional needs were met.

Because he was not emotionally needy (except around me, but he grew out of that), he was not vulnerable to predators, and he has never had an interest in being a predator himself. In fact, he has never had any interest in being sexually active outside of a committed relationship. That's one of the things I really respect about him.