Here's the argument: today's kids, so coddled by parents who prize a
sizable self-esteem above all else, are turning into rude,
self-absorbed little jerks who not only don't take "no" for answer,
they've never actually encountered the word.
Yes, that sounds about right.
A reporter on MSNBC writes
that experts say kids these days are ruder than ever and that it's our
fault, we Gen Xers, who were so benignly neglected that we now
over-compensate as parents by co-sleeping and baby-wearing and opting
out. And that we're so fixated on our children's well-being that we
wind up teaching them that other people's feelings are less important
than our own, that kids should first make sure they feel good, then (if
ever) worry about others.
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