Self-Esteem Bubbles

I would be very glad to see a shift in the self-esteem craze. A USA Today article talks about how over-emphasis on self-esteem in child-rearing (like excessive praising for mediocre work) has led to a generation of kids and adults with self-worth "bubbles" - excessive but fragile self-regard. Anyone who has ever waited on entitled, I-am-the-center-of-the-universe, demanding customers, or sat in a class at a private university, or endured an hour of the Real World can see that this is a problem. Down with self-esteem! Long live self-doubt!