Our moral right to do and say what we want is often confused with being right. Each person has the right to harbor any ideas that they want, whether or not they are correct. Usually, if someone carries an idea they also believe it to be true, and therefore would conclude that they themselves are right.

As far as Barney is concerned, I do not think his intentions were to create a conceited & pretentious generation. In his quest to enhance children's confidence and individuality, however, Barney inadvertently may have given children an essence of invincibility.

I don't think we can then solely blame a purple dinosaur for the egotistical ways of today's youth. Such notions need to be reinforced consistently in order to be fully developed, and therefore, it is the responsibility of parents to teach their children the value of their ideas, but also the worth of others.