My understanding is that the ‘self-esteem movement’ tends to go for relentless, effectively information-free affirmations, based on an ideology that people need to be told they’ve done a good job whether or not they actually have. Handing out halos like nametags, in other words. It is not hard for me to imagine that such a thing could lead to unwillingness to accept criticism, in the same sense that obsessively sheltering children from any possible irritant leads to allergies.
My understanding is that the ‘self-esteem movement’ tends to go for relentless, effectively information-free affirmations, based on an ideology that people need to be told they’ve done a good job whether or not they actually have. Handing out halos like nametags, in other words. It is not hard for me to imagine that such a thing could lead to unwillingness to accept criticism, in the same sense that obsessively sheltering children from any possible irritant leads to allergies.