Narcissism: Mulittling And Degrading Children

According to Pecora, Sanders, Wilson, English, Puckett & Rudlang-Perman (2014), “Every year in the USA, about 695,000 unique children are confirmed as victims of child maltreatment (US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau 2011) (p. 321). Such startling statistics suggest that child abuse is not just a public health issue; it is an epidemic. However, research reveals that prevention is possible through a collaborative effort made by parents, schools, the government, social services, and the

One would think a narcissist would be a smooth talker, but as Kaufman (2011) found from talking to Nicholas Holtzman and Michael Strube, narcissists “engaged in more disagreeable verbal behaviors, arguing and cursing more- and using more sexual language” (para. 11). Narcissist have less of a filter on words because cursing and arguments draw attention. Also, the narcissist may feel powerful by using this language to hurt others. Control is a key factor in every narcissist’s life, for without control over the other person, the narcissist would be unable to exploit the relationship to receive desires. In a nutshell, narcissists are manipulative, attractive, and verbally filterless in order to increase attention from others.

Emotionally a child could receive ill treatment by someone telling them unpleasant things such as: saying they are inadequate, worthless and unloved; humiliation and criticism can also emotionally harm a child; treating a child differently to other children; not interacting with a child etc. The child will need to be taken away from this situation and placed into care either permanently or temporarily until the parent/s are seen fit for care of the child.

Parents are very closely associated with their children, if they notice signs or behavioural symptoms of their child being harmed they should talk to the child

Last weekend I watched the movie Mommie Dearest a biographical film, depicting the life of the celebrated glamour star Joan Crawford. The film was an adaptation of the exposé written by her adopted daughter Christina Crawford. This movie is mainly about the dysfunctional relationship between a perfectionist mother and her adopted daughter. It is also a story about ageism at a time when the fantasy of Hollywood glamour was being sold and aging actresses were put out to pasture so to speak. When Joan realizes that her popularity and success are in a downswing her life begins to unravel. As she is forced to face the realities of life she descends into a world of alcoholism and abusive behavior (Perry, Jr.).

Throughout history, mass hysterias have occurred as the result of psychological stress and the irrational fear of the unknown. In fact, the Salem Witch trial was the result of the irrational fear from the town that the devil was present in their everyday lives. In the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller presents the consequences of the fear of witchcraft spreading through the community of Salem. Laura Dimon furthers Gladwell’s argument in “What Witchcraft is Facebook” by arguing that hysterias occur because of preexisting tensions and psychological stress. Thus, as long as the fear of the unknown is present in a society, oppression and psychological abuse will endure, resulting in individuals to feeling vulnerable and succumbing to the pressures of their disordered and dysfunctional environment.

Children are put in a home so they do not have to deal with that situation on a daily basis. People with urges such as these hurt the child in so many different ways more then they realize. Several cases like this need help to get over occasions. After this happened the child is removed from the home and is placed in counseling to help get over it but in reality when the therapist will pick apart their brain and uncover more than they should. What does the therapist do, she signs the forms and cover up all of the real issues the child is going through?

In the first place, due to their inherent characteristic of being a narcissist, these patients may not even want to seek medical attention. When the mental condition worsens, this could lead to undesirable health consequences and problems. Moreover, there is no exact medicine that can cure this disability except therapy.

This paper will investigate the abuse of children and some of the ways which young children are affected developmentally. I will try and present an overview of the major types of abuse but my big focus and most of my research has been to cover sexual abuse and its effect on development in young children and how it can affect brain development.

In Summers & Summers (2006) article “Unadulterated Arrogance: Autopsy of the Narcissistic Parental Alienator” mentions that the beginning symptoms of the onset of Narcissistic Disorder typically begins during infancy, childhood, or early adolescence. Although there exist many specialists that believe that it is more than likely “attributed to psychological childhood abuse and trauma inflicted by parents, family, or other authority figures”. Individuals with NPD are known to “display snobbish, disdainful, or patronizing attitudes” (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, p. 659) towards others.

Children of narcissists often suffer more than they should because other adults and even other family members simply don’t believe them over their NPD parent. Especially during their teens, children are often told to respect their parents, and that they should do more effort to get along with a (narcissistic) parent. It is extremely frustrating for a child who is already suffering such abuse to hear that their poor relationship “has two sides”, and that “surely you must know that your father loves you and want what’s best for you”. Most people don’t have a clue, and your child needs to know this

Individuals over time have fashioned children as being weaker, gullible targets. Children cannot articulate or function on the level as adults this is due to the lack of acquired knowledge and maturity at such ages, but this is to be expected of a child someone that is totally dependent on someone else for basic survival. Because children are dependent on other this give an advantage to the adult caregiver to abuse the child in the capacity in which they choose. Reflecting on a situation in which I am familiar, there was a trial in Chesapeake that involved the death of an infant by the hands of the mother’s boyfriend. The boyfriend brutally beat the child to the point of the child suffering from multiple factors and broken bones after a few days in a medical induced coma the child was removed from all support and passed

Bourne states, “Its thus takes the deformed man a long time to get adjusted to his world. Childhood is perhaps the hardest time of all” (Bourne 59). We all know that children have tons of energy and constantly want to run around. This was the same for Bourne as a child, however his handicap disabilities got in the way. He was physically weaker than the other kids, and there were certain activities that he would try to do but couldn’t. He says, “As a child he is a strange creature in a strange land” (Bourne 59). His looks scared some kids, while others made fun of them. He was endlessly bullied and left out whenever the kids would do something. He explains, “It was my own fate to be just strong enough to play about with the other boys, and attempt

As a victim of child abuse, the distress from the traumatic event may still be lingering within the parents leading them to unintentionally inflict the same abuse on their own children. In addition, when individuals are abused by their parent, they may come to accept their parent’s conduct as a normal child rearing technique, and adopt the method when raising their own children. Another possible diagnosis of the parent is narcissistic personality disorder, in which the parent has an intense need for personal attention and are, therefore, willing to use any means to acquire their goal (Comer, 2014). Unfortunately, in this case, the sick children are the tools used by the parents to receive attention. On the other hand, it is not likely that the parents were victims of the disorder, as the medical conditions suffered by the children can become fatal, especially when officials are unable to discover the parents’ involvement in time (Comer,

My personal values help guide me to distinguish what is right and wrong, this helps me in everyday life decision making along with taking action. The values I have chosen and hold closest to my core include integrity, responsibility, concern for others, and honesty. I chose these values because I feel that they are the most important in my life, and they relate well to the topic of child abuse. Integrity is the quality of being honest with strong morals. This is one of the most honorable values to have because not many people possess this trait.