- Nov 19, 2017
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I see this here, and I see it is real life: parents who are incapable of supporting the successes of others. It's a laser like focus on their own child. Everyone else is the competition. And yet these people expect praise and adoration of their child. They think that we should also think their child is the best, the most important, etc. Is this narcissism? Is it worse among gymnastics parents, or is this the sad state of affairs with youth athletics. I am just thinking of it today with all the anxiety around early recruiting. I wonder if these parents start thinking their child could get a better offer as soon as they verbal and hen see that a competitor has an offer at UCLA or Oklahoma. It must be a hard life to live.