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Too much praise leads to narcissism?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 651081" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>We've talked about narcissistic relatives here before. My father was one...big time! </p><p>His father died young and he lived mostly with his grandparents who felt he could do no wrong. Later, he lived with his single mom, who I think was afraid he would return to his grandparents, so she never wanted to discipline or correct him. When he got older, he was often grouchy and worse...outright disrespectful to her, but there were never any consequences. He graduated to being abusive and then married and was abusive to his wife (my mother). His mother (my grandmother) knew this, but never said a word, still worried that her son would disown her...instead she always found reason to compliment him for every little thing.</p><p></p><p>So...studies show too much praise leads to narcissism. Do you think that goes hand and hand with no consequences for inappropriate behaviors? </p><p></p><p>Why do people do this? Do you think it's getting worse (generally speaking)? </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Article I saw...<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/praise-turn-kids-narcissistic-jerks-study-finds/story?id=29506856&cid=fb_gma_sf" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/praise-turn-kids-narcissistic-jerks-study-finds/story?id=29506856&cid=fb_gma_sf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 651081, member: 4152"] We've talked about narcissistic relatives here before. My father was one...big time! His father died young and he lived mostly with his grandparents who felt he could do no wrong. Later, he lived with his single mom, who I think was afraid he would return to his grandparents, so she never wanted to discipline or correct him. When he got older, he was often grouchy and worse...outright disrespectful to her, but there were never any consequences. He graduated to being abusive and then married and was abusive to his wife (my mother). His mother (my grandmother) knew this, but never said a word, still worried that her son would disown her...instead she always found reason to compliment him for every little thing. So...studies show too much praise leads to narcissism. Do you think that goes hand and hand with no consequences for inappropriate behaviors? Why do people do this? Do you think it's getting worse (generally speaking)? Article I saw...[URL]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/praise-turn-kids-narcissistic-jerks-study-finds/story?id=29506856&cid=fb_gma_sf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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