![]() How Narcissistic Parents Live Through Their Children Remember the very first scene of “Mad Men,” in which a typical 1960s housewife scolds her child – not for the plastic bag she’s fixed around her head, but for the dry-cleaned dress the bag had contained that must be lying on the floor somewhere? While their parents and grandparents may have suffered through a culture that viewed children as second-class citizens, the kids of today, who are being raised as the focus of their household, are not necessarily better off. True, it can be a good thing that parents are taking a more active role in their child’s development. Yet, the problem of narcissistic parents may be at an all-time high. These past few years, we’ve targeted helicopter parents and fought the “ battle hymn of the tiger mother.” We’ve worried for the televised pageantry of “toddlers” and wondered whether “attachment parenting” was right or wrong. Let’s talk about something that may hit a little closer to home and, in fact, exist in the home of many children growing up today… the problem of narcissistic parents. But let’s consider something a little more personal that may be at the source of increased stress levels. It’s not necessarily wrong to chalk these pressures up to increased competition in college and the workplace, an ailing economy, or a culture geared toward multitasking. A study by Stress in America recently revealed that Millennials (ages 18 to 33) report the highest stress levels of any generation.
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