(06-13-2018, 03:25 PM)Kane Wrote:

(06-13-2018, 03:13 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Yea. What kind of parent wants to boost their child’s self esteem?! A bad parent.... that’s who.

Hahahaa 
Triggered much?
Suppose the "bridge building class" helped you out in school? (I joined... found out we weren't building bridges at all, what a let down)

Obviously you want your child's self esteem to be healthy. I just don't think the methods that were put in place in the 90s actually helped at all. If anything it made for softer personalities. People who can't handle criticism, or deal with a bully in a positive way, etc etc. 

Self esteem shouldn't need to be BOOSTED by outside sources. That's why it's SELF esteem.
If you raise a healthy minded child, you shouldn't really have to worry about them offing themselves because someone said something mean to them.
Also... if you raise a healthy minded child, they wouldn't be bullies.

It always comes back to parenting.

Lol totally triggered. Love how you jumped right to that.

I agree that raising a healthy minded child is important but... shocker... not all kids are the same. You can’t raise them the same because each kid is different. So what works for one might not work for the next. Some kids need their self esteem boosted because they don’t know how to boost themselves up. It has nothing to do with the parent but instead with the child.

I agree that participation trophies are bad and kids need to learn how to handle losing and winning. I don’t agree at all with the notion that a parent shouldn’t help a child focus on self esteem. There are good parents now and bad ones. Just like every generation before this one. Lets not lump everyone together as one thing or then all conservatives are racist... right?

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