It’s weird when you consider someone an utter tool – and yet kind of agree with something he has to say. Such is the case with this John Rosemond column, where he essentially calls 1960s-style parenting the root of all ills.
He
goes on to say that 1960s parents (which, let's just acknowledge, is
code for liberals and I hardly think my political tribe ruined
parenting) were stupid enough to believe people like him, mental health
professionals, versus the wisdom of their elders. Thus, they bought,
hook line and sinker, what the mental health professionals were
selling: the notion that self-esteem should be the end goal for all
parenting.
Okay, Mr. Rosemond, first let me just suggest that
just maybe saying that all people like you are full of hooey is maybe
not the best way to begin an argument. But I have to agree with you
about the culture of self-esteem.
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