I believe that many people have met narcissistic people in their lives, whether it is friends, partners or even parents. We all know those labels, who put their needs above others, who are often more positive or even undermine daily codes of conduct (to ensure a lead), who lack empathy and are willing to respond to any social behavior in a critical, angry, or defensive manner. Narcissistic personality disorder, also known as NPD, is a typical mental illness.
But a child's narcissism is difficult to diagnose, it's normal, we all have narcissistic components in our personalities, and normally it can help us build self-esteem and self-worth. Children happen to be an important stage in building self-esteem and self-worth, self-character, so many of their manifestations will converge with narcissists.
Of course, true NPD is different from ordinary narcissism or self-confidence, and such people generally have a continuous feeling of hurt, grievance or victimization. They can't tolerate people who are just as successful as they are, they can barely sustain giving or giving, and they don't feel ashamed of it.
Young narcissists, mostly in self-intoxication, self-confidence or self-worth expansion, sometimes show a focus on their own needs and lack of empathy for others, which is indeed very similar to narcissism, but most of them do not fall into pathological injury, self-hypnosis.
But if a child has the following tendencies, then he will indeed develop narcissism. For example, monopolizing dialogue, often belittling others, and exaggerating one's own successes and achievements, it will also belittle the achievements of everyone else and will not empathize with others, and it is easy to lose temper, especially those who are willing to (often) deny those who are closer to themselves.
Temporary narcissistic behavior will not be a manifestation of narcissism, and parents should not be too nervous even if they see the above situation. In fact, early intervention in any narcissistic situation will greatly improve.
In fact, the root of narcissism is the need to be self-centered. When you feel that your child is too narcissistic, you should actually first discuss self-awareness, self-emotions with him.
How do I treat others?
How do I feel about myself?
How are my relationships?
How do you meet your needs?
You can actually ask these questions and discuss them with him. The treatment or intervention of narcissism is not to deny the self, but rather to recognize the self correctly and establish empathy and social relationships with others under the premise of recognizing the self.
The biggest problem with narcissists is the incorrectness of self-perception. Therefore, if your child has a tendency to narcissism, then never suppress his self-emotions and self-perception. In fact, on the contrary, trying to make our children have a correct and healthy understanding of themselves is the core element of solving narcissism.