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Deeply embedded in today's culture, narcissism has crept into our children's mentality like a thief in the night, actually robbing them (and everyone around them) of much dignity and happiness.
Young people spend hours every day updating their Facebook pages, post and e-mail countless pictures of themselves, and plug their ears with music to create a self-indulgent existence shut-off from everyone around them. I recently went online and viewed the page of a friend-of a-friend-of a-friend-of my daughter's on Facebook and discovered literally hundreds of pictures of the girl posing like a super model.
Where are our children learning...
Narcissism and Your Family
I have wondered, for a long time, just how parents raise such totally selfish kids. I think we let the 'all about me' slide. 'Oh, well, kids are like that.' But they should be as little as possible, and get over it as soon as they can. I wonder if some time and energy should not be given to service to others, with no tangible rewards, and chores performed for the family with no allowance hitched. And charitable service by parents would be a splendid example. I am sure there are families that have tried this.
At any rate, the Paris Hilton types seem a product of just letting 'me, me, me' slide.