Sheer, utter nonsense. You blame one group (psychologists), then another (parents), and then another (children with self-esteem). It's obvious you have little understanding about the different factors that influence individual and group behavior. Please stop blaming and labeling and instead read, learn, and broaden your understanding.
You're being awfully defensive.
Who do you blame??? Or are all 3 groups (parents, kids, psychologists) just perfect.
I've read plenty in my 30+ years of medical practice.
You should follow the advice in your last sentence (read, learn, etc.).
Parents need to start acting like parents again & (some) psychologists need to stop with all of the encouragement of many types of permissive parenting.