It’s good for parents to boost their children’s self-esteem, but it’s possible to boost it too much. Researchers at San Diego State University warn that by making us feel so special, the Baby Boom Generation has set up their kids (us!) for a fall.
 

While mommy and daddy may tell you that you can do anything, when it turns out that, in fact, you are not smart enough to be a rocket scientist depression may ensue.
 

This is particularly relevant to our generation because our parents have overpraised us. As such, we’ve been led to believe in our own superiority, effectively creating Generation Smug, which isn’t nearly as cool a name as Generation X.
 

The UK Telegraph explains:

Prof Twenge and her team compared the 1975 and 2006 results from an annual US survey called Monitoring the Future which polls high school students about their views on life.

They found that a third more 17 to 20-year-olds today believe they work harder than their parents did and will be better than them when it comes to being parents, spouses and work colleagues - earning them the nickname the Smug Generation.

Many teenagers appear to think that future success will be handed to them on a plate: They claim to do 20 per cent less school homework than their parents said they did in 1975, said the report.

Us narcissistic? No way.
 

But if we are, at least we can say: It’s all our parent’s fault.