Spoiled

Spoiled

A spoiled child (also called a spoiled brat) is a child that exhibits behavioral problems from overindulgence by his or her parents. Spoiled children may be described as "overindulged", "grandiose", "narcissistic" or "egocentric-regressed". There is no accepted scientific definition of what "spoiled" means, and professionals are often unwilling to use the label because it is considered vague and derogatory. Being spoiled is not recognized as a mental disorder in any of the medical manuals, such as the ICD-10 or the DSM-IV, neither is it part of the proposed revision of this manual, the DSM-5.

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Famous quotes containing the word spoiled:

    I’ve spoiled Jemima in more ways than one.
    She’s got so she turns in at every house
    As if she had some sort of curvature,
    No matter if I have no errand there.
    She thinks I’m sociable. I maybe am.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    The inability to listen and to depict in the countenance what others have said has spoiled many a good actress.
    Julia Marlowe (1870–1950)

    He was not a villain—simply a self-indulgent spoiled young man who had realized to himself no idea of duty in life.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)