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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it because they are used to being put down?

I see this in sports, academics, dance, anything. Instead of encouraging and cheering, I often hear of kids putting others down. [/quote]

Or their parents are always putting others down and/or judging others.[/quote]

I feel like some level of boasting/comparison is normal in kids, but you can tell the ones who aren't being checked on this at home. There was a kid at our elementary school who was very bright and good at sports but had the rudest attitude about other kids and I frequently heard her putting down kids by saying they "didn't work hard enough" or weren't "putting in the time." That's a weird way for an 8 or 9 year old to frame the fact that some kids are more successful for others, and I felt confident this was a message she was getting at home (from parents I knew to also be quite boastful and competitive). Thankfully we're no longer at the same school but I can only imagine that got worse with time.[/quote]

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