And so does every Marxist and tyrant on Earth. Ask the Chinese government about the importance of their subjects practicing selflessness.
Why must Right and Left alike confuse genuine, healthly self-esteem and self-love with unhealthy, ego-based self-indulgence? They aren't the same thing at all, but neither side seems to get it - Lonsberry is as far off-base as the Leftist educators he is criticizing.
Good Self-esteem is understanding you are a worthy person and wont let anyone downsize you as not because you believe in yourself to accomplish the goals you set for yourself.
Kids today dont have good self-esteem. They are self-centered buttholes who expect the world to hand them success without working for it. Goals arent things for them to accomplish, its things that should be granted to them.