Important point there @minismallholding, you actually are doing nobody any favors by trying to life their self-perception beyond tangible reality.

I'm inclined to "blame" the "Positive Self-esteem Movement" of the 1970's for a lot of the troubles we are seeing in the world today, particularly as it relates to some of the strange examples of entitlement some people below the age of 40 exhibit. And I don't blame the Gen-Y and younger crowd for their predicaments; I blame their parents for teaching them that a noxious weed is "a perfect rose."