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nervous! speaker phone call Wed @9am...
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<blockquote data-quote="rebelson" data-source="post: 686592" data-attributes="member: 19966"><p>My son is very lacking in humility. The psychologist who guided the speakerphone call gives me updates on son's therapy sessions. He says often that son shows narcissistic 'tendencies', but is not convinced (yet) that he has the actual personality disorder. Perhaps it's largely due to immaturity and/or the 'entitlement' mentality that Gen Y exhibits. Taken from a website: </p><p></p><p><em>"Millennials are often accused of having too strong a sense of entitlement, and their parents are often blamed for creating it in the first place. Often referred to as ‘helicopter parents’, the mums and dads of <a href="http://www.generationy.com/" target="_blank">Generation Y </a>are held responsible by many for telling their children that they can have and do anything, and that everything they do is an achievement. This – it is argued – has bred a generation convinced that they have done and will do things on unmatchable quality, and that rewards are due them for relatively little work or input."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>I 'was' one of those helicopter parents. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/dissapointed2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dissapointed2:" title="dissapointed2 :dissapointed2:" data-shortname=":dissapointed2:" /> I also felt a LOT of guilt that his bio dad was not someone that I could maintain a relationship with, so left him when son was 18mos. (he was already showing signs of alcoholism, still in to partying, cheated on me, was verbally abusive, etc. I did not want my son to grow up with that role model, or to have to endure the constant fighting that was our relationship. </p><p></p><p>The psychologist's goal, I think, right now, is to get son to let go of some of the grandiose sense of self that he has, the pure lack of humility. He told me that my son looks down on those who are not at 'his' level of intelligence, which is not proper. He calls my son 'very cerebral and introspective', too much so. He thinks things, every little thing, through with a fine tooth comb. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I hope that your son changes his mind. How old is he? How's his relationship been with your husband? Did he ever accept him? What about his half siblings? Is he close with them? </p><p></p><p>My son was also given way more opportunities that he'd have if I did not marry. He has a LOT of reparation to do with myself and husband. He has said some HORRIBLE things to both of us, in drunken rages..and for some of them, he was fairly sober. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> Your jaw would drop....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rebelson, post: 686592, member: 19966"] My son is very lacking in humility. The psychologist who guided the speakerphone call gives me updates on son's therapy sessions. He says often that son shows narcissistic 'tendencies', but is not convinced (yet) that he has the actual personality disorder. Perhaps it's largely due to immaturity and/or the 'entitlement' mentality that Gen Y exhibits. Taken from a website: [I]"Millennials are often accused of having too strong a sense of entitlement, and their parents are often blamed for creating it in the first place. Often referred to as ‘helicopter parents’, the mums and dads of [URL='http://www.generationy.com/']Generation Y [/URL]are held responsible by many for telling their children that they can have and do anything, and that everything they do is an achievement. This – it is argued – has bred a generation convinced that they have done and will do things on unmatchable quality, and that rewards are due them for relatively little work or input." [/I] I 'was' one of those helicopter parents. :dissapointed2: I also felt a LOT of guilt that his bio dad was not someone that I could maintain a relationship with, so left him when son was 18mos. (he was already showing signs of alcoholism, still in to partying, cheated on me, was verbally abusive, etc. I did not want my son to grow up with that role model, or to have to endure the constant fighting that was our relationship. The psychologist's goal, I think, right now, is to get son to let go of some of the grandiose sense of self that he has, the pure lack of humility. He told me that my son looks down on those who are not at 'his' level of intelligence, which is not proper. He calls my son 'very cerebral and introspective', too much so. He thinks things, every little thing, through with a fine tooth comb. I hope that your son changes his mind. How old is he? How's his relationship been with your husband? Did he ever accept him? What about his half siblings? Is he close with them? My son was also given way more opportunities that he'd have if I did not marry. He has a LOT of reparation to do with myself and husband. He has said some HORRIBLE things to both of us, in drunken rages..and for some of them, he was fairly sober. :( Your jaw would drop.... [/QUOTE]
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