Why We Give Criticism
- To help someone improve. Sometimes criticism is actual honest feedback.
- To see a change that we would like. If we regularly read a magazine or blog, for example, there might be something that often bothers us that we’d like to see changed.
- To further the discussion. Criticism can be a way to get a good, intelligent discussion about something going on.
- To hurt someone or to vent our frustrations.
- To boost our ego, to show how powerful or knowledgeable we are.
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