7 Signs You've Raised A Spoiled Child (And What To Do About It)

You’re standing in the checkout line at the store when your son grabs a “Frozen 2” stuffed animal. “Every kid has an off-day —and so do adults — but spoiled kids are stuck in ‘me’ mode,” said Michele Borba, educational psychologist and author of “UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World.” “Everything revolves around their needs, concerns, feelings, wants, desires, and everyone else takes second place.” Clinical psychologist Laura Markham takes issue with the term “spoiled” because she believes it suggests the child is somehow “ruined.” Nor does she like using the word “brat” to describe a kid. “We hate to say ‘no’ when we’ve been gone all day.” Signs Your Kid Could Be Spoiled Elva Etienne via Getty Images Spoiled kids continue to throw temper tantrums well past toddlerhood. “They may start to say ‘thank you’ less and ‘I want’ more,” Smith Crawford said. Spoiled kids may employ manipulative tactics to get the “yes” they’re after, whether that means lying or pitting their parents against one another.