Who is the Most Narcissistic Generation?

Millennials are known as the most narcissistic generation of our time. The overindulge attention, special treatment for nothing special, and excessive emotional tolerance that parents gave their kids have not resulted in a more productive generation but rather one that seems apathetic. It's a toss-up between who is more confused: Millennials because the world does not work the way they envision it should or other generations because they don't understand how Millennials think. How did this happen? Some research has suggested that the lack of severe economic downturn during the childhood of millennials is to blame. Other hypothesis points the finger at parents who reinforced the idea that their child was so special that they didn't have to adhere to the standards of society. While others believe society is responsible because every child received an award even when they came in the last place. Whatever the cause, the traits of narcissism seem to apply to this generation (generally speaking). Yet despite the similarities, Millennials are not the typical grandiose or covert narcissists. Rather, the traits of narcissism, not the disorder itself seems to be more characteristic. Read more...

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Who is the Most Narcissistic Generation? is an episode from Understanding Today's Narcissist by Christine Hammond.

This episode is 11:16 long.

This episode was published on Jul 3, 2019.

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