Overindulgence is a form of child neglect Overindulging children is giving them too much of what looks good, too soon, too long. It is giving them things or experiences that are not appropriate for their age or their interests and talents. It is the process of giving things to children to meet the adult's needs, not the child's needs. Overindulgence is giving a disproportionate amount of family resources to one or more children in a way that appears to be meeting the children's needs but does not, so children experience scarcity in the midst of plenty. Overindulgence is doing or having so much of something that it does active harm or at least stagnates a person and deprives that person of achieving his or her full potential.
Overindulgence is a form of child neglect.
It hinders children from doing their developmental tasks, and from learning necessary life lessons. The research sample 5 consisted of 124 people who indicated that they had been overindulged as children. It tells us about people who cared enough about overindulgence to respond to our invitation to be part of the research. As you look at the results of the survey, keep the sample in mind. Here are some of the myths the survey challenged with percentage responses and typical answers from those who were overindulged and also with a few author comments.