A child suffering from Princess sickness is what we could call a spoiled child. But some kids’ self entitlement reach a whole different level in China (and some East Asian countries) and this psychological phenomenon affecting mostly females received the name of Princess sickness (PS). Probably you know about the one-child policy in China and, making a long story short, it lead to many parents protecting and investing too much in their child. Parents often work, so they usually have a maid to make sure the child has anything s/he needs 24/7.
Princess sickness is a very normal phenomenon to girls in that environment. Kids are being given all they want and have constantly someone to take care of their needs. If you raise a girl like that it’s normal that they feel like princesses. But I feel this is universal, we can see highly spoiled children everywhere. You can see them at restaurants annoying everyone while their parents think it’s their kid’s right to do so, sometimes they even think it’s cute! (maybe there’s also a Queen/King sickness that applies to parents who think their children are princes or princesses?)
These are some Princess sickness symptoms which coincide mostly with the symptoms of histrionic personality disorders in general:
- Need to be the center of attention.
- Being a drama queen.
- Don’t accept responsibility for anything.
- Insecurity.
- Being delusional.
- Being loners.
- Obsession about looks.
- Considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are.
We can blame the media/advertising for telling young girls what the important things in life are. If no parents are there to give kids proper values, they will get the messages wrong. Looking pretty is not more important than being cultured, looking skinny is not more important than being healthy slim, being a model is not more important than being a business woman, etc. Girls receive thousands of misleading messages everyday and they’re not mature enough to see what’s true and what is false because they’re just being sold a product.
You can read more about Princess sickness here, here and here (last one is very interesting and includes some videos).
