"Many of us have been telling children how great they are in attempt to
reinforce their behavior. "That was great! Great job! That's the best
somersault I've ever seen!" Much of this language reinforces
better-than/less-than structuring and builds narcissism.
"Aren't I the best?" We want our children to know how wonderful they
are, but wonderfulness comes from giving of yourself, recognizing that
you have something to offer others."

I read this at work today... what do you guys think about this quote?

I think it's wonderful to compliment your children, but the compliment needs to fit the job they did.

I use to get into this a lot with my husband. He is all about the positive thinking stuff and he tends to over embelishes the kids accomplishments.

Like in a baseball game the kid might hit a double but it was on an error and his dad goes on and on about the double and I'm like well it was a pretty "lucky" double. After a few lucky doubles the kid no longer cares about a true double...

that's my take on it.
A little different as usual.