A good thought experiment to determine what people actually think: would they give that as advice to their own children? Having higher self esteem or a bit mor

A good thought experiment to determine what people actually think: would they give that as advice to their own children? Having higher self esteem or a bit more belief that you can do something than is strictly warranted can be advantageous in certain situations, but it has its limits when it encourages people to attempt things they'll fail at. People tend to not do the latter with their own children. The thought experiment works in many situations: take an online programming course rather than going to college, dropping out of college to start a company is great, sex work is a cool occupation, abortion is murder, smoking weed is cool.