Author and psychology professor W. Keith Campbell discusses whether or not it is okay for children to be told they are special on a panel with two other experts. Campbell and his co-author contend that telling children they are special and complimenting everything they do has contributed to a dramatic rise in rates of narcissism in society, leading to a number of societal ills. Hosted by Cheryl Jackson.
An alarming statistic, 10 to 20 % are at clinical levels of narcissism. He goes on to say, well it's not everyone. Probably, if we reasonably assume that the level of narcissism is distributed normally, a higher percent of people above the clinical level means that as a whole, we're more narcissistic on average.
JavaBlues 1 year ago
Jesus Christ, the debate started with resorting to the dictionary definition of special. What everyone agrees the issue is "Should we be telling our kids they're better than everyone else", not what Chia (sp?) said.
JavaBlues 1 year ago
@MachiLikesRed
yes, that is one way to think about it.
skyarsalan 1 year ago
no, it is not, by them thinking they are special they will try for things they would never have tried, reduced depression and all other sorts of things, now thinking you are god is another thing, that is just gong past common sense
skyarsalan 1 year ago
It's bad when they are not special.
bamboostinger 2 years ago