The Parenting Styles That Create Narcissists
There are two clear culprits at play.
Narcissists aren’t created in a vacuum, despite what internet pop-psychology would have you believe. This personality disorder is complex and its development is complex too. Far-reaching and extremely damaging, the roots of narcissistic personality disorder run all the way back into childhood and how a person is parented from the start.
There is no confronting the potentially growing wave of narcissism without addressing all the contributing factors involved in its fostering. Parents are the ones who begin the process, and their effect on the development of narcissism has long been noted.
With this knowledge at hand, we can paint a more accurate picture of who the narcissist is. Arrogant and grandiose? Sure. Many, though, were also handed a flawed roadmap by the people who brought them into this world.
What a truly narcissistic personality looks like.
Before we can see how the omnipotent hand of the parent moves over the narcissist’s childhood, we have to understand what true narcissistic personality disorder looks like.
According to the current DSM-V criteria, someone with a narcissistic personality will exhibit 5 or more of the following symptoms…
