Early in a child's life, they will ask the world if they are doing OK. Do they deserve goodwill and sympathy?

When a parent responds and is generous, warm, sympathetic and understanding of life's challenges, the child will develop an easy conscience and think of themselves as valuable. They...

Very few adults will still wonder what their parents think of them. Instead, they often take the question elsewhere, such as a harsh figure of authority: media and social media. 

In this place that rewards sadism and malice, the self-doubting person will now direct their fears of unworthine...