You may have wondered what makes a child spoiled, it’s no rocket science and we’ll discuss all of that right here. Lets start by stating categorically clear that a spoiled child points to a child who insists on getting whatever they want, when they want it and how they want it.
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Consider what a professional said, Michele Borba, educational psychologist and author of “UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World,” “Every kid has an off-day, and so do adults, but spoiled kids are stuck in ‘me’ mode. Everything revolves around their needs, concerns, feelings, wants, desires, and everyone else takes second place.”
Furthermore, a clinical psychologist Laura Markham addressed specifically the term “spoiled” as she believes the term suggests the child is in a way “ruined.” She also doesn’t like using the word “brat” to describe a child. But closely looking at it, the term ”spoiled” or ”brat” sounds very harsh and many times it happens that those who gives those captions are largely responsible for the ruined behavior.
“Children do what we train them to do, what we lead them to expect. If we have parented permissively and have never set limits, the child will not be used to accommodating appropriate limits,” said Markham, founder of the site Aha! Parenting.
Most parents who ended up spoiling their kids often do so with absolutely good intentions, albeit misguided. They watch their kids get spoiled in the name of giving them everything good that life can offer, those things that Mom and Dad weren’t opportune enough to have while growing up.
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Most parents feels that saying a firm “no” to a child’s request will hurt the child’s feelings or put the child in a position where he feels he’s less loved by his parents. Then at other times, parents are just too tired to enforce rules that should help the child grow up well, or they may not have any at all.
Borba addressing the topic what makes a child spoiled, said, “It’s plain easier to give in when you’re tired. We hate to say ‘no’ when we’ve been gone at work all day.”
