Before revision: Children of narcissists While a self-confident parent, or good-enough parent, can allow a child their autonomous development, the narcissistic parent may instead use the child to promote their own image.Salman Akhtar, Good Feeling (London 2009) p. 86 A parent concerned with self-enhancement, or with being mirrored and admired by their child, may leave the child feeling like a puppet to the parent's emotional/intellectual demands.
After revision: Narcissism tends to play out intergenerationally, with narcissistic parents producing either narcissistic or codependent children in turn.Simon Crompton, All about Me: Loving a Narcissist (London 2007) p. 119Children of narcissists While a self-confident parent, or good-enough parent, can allow a child their autonomous development, the narcissistic parent may instead use the child to promote their own image.Salman Akhtar, Good Feeling (London 2009) p. 86 A parent concerned with self-enhancement, or with being mirrored and admired by their child, may leave the child feeling like a puppet to the parent's emotional/intellectual demands.