Children need just the right amount of attention from their parents. Give them too little, and their self-worth may suffer. Give them too much, and they likely end up being entitled brats who would throw a fit whenever they don’t get their way.
A family of four experienced the latter after the mom badly spoiled her youngest daughter. The boiling point came when the child ruined her older brother’s 10th birthday celebration in multiple ways.
Her sibling, now all grown up, recounted the story, which had seemingly become a cruel core memory he would never forget.