IN WHICH I HAVE A BAD FATTITUDE.
For some time now, ever since the dawn of the self-help movement in the Seventies, it has been fashionable to worship a new deity on the block, Self-Esteem. That which was denied us boomers by our often petrified, repressed and distant parents, is now the cornerstone for raising an “empowered” child. Kids born in the last thirty years enjoy the constant stroking of helicopter, “friend” parents who assure the child will never experience even the most minor disappointment.
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