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[quote=Anonymous]Part of me wants to say "no, all kids are self-centered, it's normal, most grow out of it." But my sister was exactly like OP's daughter, a "bean counter" who is very fixated on what everyone else has and focused on accruing more resources for herself, and she is definitely still like this as an adult. But I think parenting can make a difference. One of my kids was like this sometimes as a kid but we always redirected it words a more pro-social behavior ("instead of competing with your sister over everything, join forces and see if you an make both your situations better by working together") and while she still has a tendency to compare, she is not selfish. I think my parents often played into the comparison/competing behavior when we were kids and it just reinforced to my sister that this was a good approach.[/quote]
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