Thanks for making this point, amongst many posts looking down upon so-called "self-esteem" culture. I can't say if the methods being used today to give kids "s

Thanks for making this point, amongst many posts looking down upon so-called "self-esteem" culture. I can't say if the methods being used today to give kids "self-esteem" are misguided and/or ineffective. But I can say that the entire point of true "self-esteem" is exactly so that failure is perceived as a learning experience and not a discouragement. Genuine self-esteem needs to be the backdrop, regardless of whether or not "medals and rewards for everyone" are entirely the wrong way to achieve that. Edit: I think what I'm trying to say is that there's a difference between self-esteem and self-entitlement.