More and more I think that we've been doing virtually everything wrong for the past 50 years (more, really). Probably doing it wrong on purpose, too -- witness the famous Communist Party goals of 1963.
It’s an extension of THE pernicious lie -
“people are basically good.”
No, they’re not. People without restraint are dangerous, self-serving feral savages.
Teaching CHARACTER and self-control are important.
Self-esteem only feeds the prideful entitlement nature inherent to humankind.