A Word About Self-Esteem
We live in a society that is deliberately created children who will grow into dysfunctional adults. The self-esteem movement began in 1970 and I am happy to say that it has been an utter failure. Studies have repeatedly shown that a high level of self-esteem does not improve grades, does not improve career achievement, does not even reduce alcohol abuse and most certainly does not reduce the incidence of violence. As it turns out, extremely aggressive and violent people tend to think very highly of themselves. Think about that for a moment, sociopaths have high levels of self-esteem. Who could have seen that coming? It always amuses me when a “politically correct” idea crashes and burns. Incidentally, it was Joseph Goebbels who coined the term “politically correct” when he was Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister. So why is it so important for us to be politically correct today? I thought we, as a nation, held the Nazis in low regard. The self-esteem movement rev...