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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Controversial take here but most of the jerk kids I know have very nice parents who practice a little too much benign neglect. They work A LOT. They aren't around to supervise screen time and there's a ton of it. They don't like to be harsh disciplinarians because they already get so little time with their kids. The kids are mostly raised by an indulgent grandma or nanny.
The true jerk parents I can think of tend to be very hard on their kids, who often end up nicer than their parents. [/quote]

+1 At its not just parents that are too busy. Some parents just don't want to enforce good behavior so they brush it off when their kids act badly. I know one mom that spends alot of time with her kids and has them doing volunteer work and talks alot about being kind and inclusive but her daughter is a mean girl and she brushes off alot of her behavior. [/quote]

I have noticed that all the jerk kids i know were very much wanted by their parents. I.e. adopted after a long struggle, IVF after a long struggle, or the non-SN kid born after a severely SN sibling. I think their parents are so grateful to have them that they dont want to ever be negative with them.
One of my sons has natural jerk tendencies. We keep a close eye on him, call him out, and discipline him as needed (and differently from his very sensitive brother.) Hes definitely getting better with age.[/quote]

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