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Where does term "self-spoiled" come from?
In theory, of course, kids can't spoil themselves - only the parents can do that. However, I feel as though I've heard the term "self- spoiled" more than once. (Oscar Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas has been referred to as such.)
I suppose the idea is that since we are all born self-centered, there are always some kids who manage to hang on to their narcissism (with the help of movies and TV) despite all the efforts of parents to pull them away from that mindset. One example of that might be the comic strip "Stone Soup," which stars a hardworking, frugal, egalitarian mother, but whose daughter Holly is very much the lazy, material, vain princess whose attitude towards getting a boyfriend is based on acting (in her mother's sarcastic terms) "helpless but equal".
So, etymologically speaking (and otherwise), how, when and where did the term start being used? Thanks.
Lenona.
I suppose the idea is that since we are all born self-centered, there are always some kids who manage to hang on to their narcissism (with the help of movies and TV) despite all the efforts of parents to pull them away from that mindset. One example of that might be the comic strip "Stone Soup," which stars a hardworking, frugal, egalitarian mother, but whose daughter Holly is very much the lazy, material, vain princess whose attitude towards getting a boyfriend is based on acting (in her mother's sarcastic terms) "helpless but equal".
So, etymologically speaking (and otherwise), how, when and where did the term start being used? Thanks.
Lenona.
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[nq:1]In theory, of course, kids can't spoil themselves - only the parents can do that. However, I feel as though ... "helpless but equal".
- [nq:1]In theory, of course, kids can't spoil themselves - only the parents can do that.
- However, I feel as though ...
- "helpless but equal".
- So, etymologically speaking (and otherwise), how, when and where did the term start being used?
- Thanks.
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[nq:1]In theory, of course, kids can't spoil themselves - only the parents can do that. However, I feel as though ... "helpless but equal". So, etymologically speaking (and otherwise), how, when and where did the term start being used? Thanks. Lenona.[/nq]
I'm not sure that self-spoiling is necessarily narcissistic. I do not have to like Me to indulge Me. Indeed it's perfectly possible that ps
I'm not sure that self-spoiling is necessarily narcissistic. I do not have to like Me to indulge Me. Indeed it's perfectly possible that ps
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