Echoes in Eternity

Great, now psychologists are saying that we've been telling our children that they're special too much. No offense to psychologists reading this, but you can always count on a pseudo science like psychology to change its mind more often than Elizabeth Taylor changes husbands.

Today's college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.

"We need to stop endlessly repeating 'You're special' and having children repeat that back," said the study's lead author, Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State University. "Kids are self-centered enough already."
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[Co-author W. Keith] Campbell said the narcissism upsurge seemed so pronounced that he was unsure if there were obvious remedies.

"Permissiveness seems to be a component," he said. "A potential antidote would be more authoritative parenting. Less indulgence might be called for."

It's kind of funny how Christian principles keep being proved correct.