Lisette.

I stumbled upon your blog, and boy, am I glad I did. Great post. Yes, I agree with you, there are more narcissists in North America than anywhere else. I think it’s the way kids are raised here. When my children were young, so many times I witnessed a playground scene: a toddler takes another’s toy or pushes someone around, and his mother wouldn’t intervene, wouldn’t say that it’s wrong. Nobody teaches the kids to think of someone else first. My roots are in Russia. I never allowed my kids such behavior, but perhaps I was wrong. As it happens, my kids haven’t become very successful yet. Neither have I. To get success, people have to be ruthless. They have to be able to walk on others’ heads to reach the top, but they can’t do that if conscience gets in the way.

Sorry for the morbid tone, I’m just so upset with this tendency. Thanks for raising the issue.