"This blinkered obsession with fuelling our children's self-confidence is creating a generation of spoilt, lazy young people with no drive or ambition, out only for what they can get from life and unable to cope when things don't go their way," wrote Craig, who is chief executive of the Centre of Confidence and Wellbeing in Glasgow. The fact schools have a statutory responsibility to promote the wellbeing of pupils is "making the problem worse".
Daily Mail columnist Allison Pearson gave "three loud cheers" for Dr Craig. "School staff and parents tiptoe around naughty (oops, sorry, banned word) or lazy (oops, under-achieving) children because they worry that any criticism will upset them," she wrote.
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