Today’s overhelicoptered children, bred on parental overpraise and the worship of self-esteem, are entitled, spoiled, self-centered, value being rich, have inflated egos, and feel … miserable.10 They feel they don’t have the power to control their own destiny, Twenge reports, so they tend to be cynical and feel easily victimized. And having been so programmed all their lives, they hit young adulthood and aren’t even sure of what they like, much less who they are.
