I've spent a good portion of my career studying and writing about narcissism, so let me point out something not usually considered.

It is Dr. Craig's thesis that "kids today" are overpraised-- too much focus on self-esteem-- and they are becoming narcissists. But the most important fact that seems to have eluded her is that it is the adults of today who are overpraising the kids.

The problem is actually the adults, who are themselves so profoundly narcissistic that they can't help but see their own progeny as extensions of themselves _and nothing more._ Time Magazine, in 2006, chose "You" as it's Person of The Year. Time Magazine's readership isn't teens.

Allan Bloom's Closing of The American Mind described how college kids, steeped in relativism, were unable to create a meaningful life outside of self-gratification and self-fulfillment. Was he right? Before you answer, note that he wrote that book in 1987. Those college kids are 40 now.

Why is it that when an article says something works, people are suspicious of bias, but when an article says something doesn't work, everyone thinks it's objective science? IT'S ALL BIAS. Sigh. Anyone wonder why it is that all of a sudden we see so many articles about how SSRIs don't work? For 20 years, all we heard was SSRIs were panaceas. Now... ... as if we have new data? Someone FOIAed the second Zapruder film?