The Princess Syndrome

[DJDamage]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_re_us/us_princess_syndrome

These days, that message begins practically at birth with everything from princess baby shirts and "her royal highness" bibs to princess-themed photo albums and picture frames for baby girls. By the time those girls are toddlers, many are drawn to the princess dresses, glittery crowns and even makeup.

All of it, Haller says, constitutes a brilliant marketing move that targets a normal stage of child development. By age 3, kids are beginning to define themselves, both with gender and as individuals. They're also big-time into fantasy play, which for boys, often manifests itself in super heroes.

But somehow, the princess phenomenon has become way more loaded.

"It just encourages parents who put their kids on a pedestal — and who encourage their kids a lot and rarely criticize," says Jean Twenge, an associate professor of psychology at San Diego State who's done research on the way parenting affects children. "You could label that kind of parenting 'princess parenting.'"

Among other things, she and co-author W. Keith Campbell found the rate that college-age women were developing narcissistic traits was four times that of men, when analyzing surveys taken from 2002 through 2007. It should be noted that, overall, men of that age group still are more likely to exhibit narcissistic traits, including the belief that "If I ruled the world, it would be a much better place."

Is it ever no wonder why so many women today walk around with a self-entitlement attitude and lack empathy or many positive traits?! I mean when Paris Hilton first came out and showed the world how a rich princess act, we all thought it was funny for being utterly ridiculous ,however many girls who grow up wathing Paris Hilton have emulated her behaviour to such a degree that running into one these days is quite the norm.

Ironically if you end up calling one of these girls behaviour's as "princess like" they get pissed at you.

 

[jophil28]

Ironically if you end up calling ...incess lifestyle - how dare any man comment !

 

[Luthor Rex]

Did we really need more proof that women are retarded?

 

[edger]

F*ck the "Princesses", they can suck my d*ck. They ought to be slapped upside their heads.

 

[Desert Fox]

No kidding. The other week this dumb b1tch thought I was "scared to be rejected" by her because I canceled on her dumb ass once.

Needless to say, I ignored her for the past few weeks after that incident and now the ***** is begging to be back in my life. Strike one and you're out. Sorry b1tch!