The syndrome of the rich child

With the rhythm of life that we lead today it is very common that we find ourselves with the lack of time to be with the children, which can cause the parents to give the children excessive amounts of freedom, toys, overprotection, etc. These are parents who feel bad about not being able to share th

With the rhythm of life that we lead today it is very common that we find ourselves with the lack of time to be with the children, which can cause the parents to give the childrenexcessive amounts of freedom, toys, overprotection, etc.These are parents who feel bad about not being able to share their time with them or parents who want to give their children what they did not have when they were little.

Far from helping them what we usually find if we educate them in this wayit is with misfits, depressed and rebellious children.Characteristics we can find in those children we call: children with rich child syndrome.

Symptoms of the syndrome of the rich child

The symptomsof the syndrome of the rich child, also called 'affluenza', can be manifested in different ways. There may be physical and psychological symptoms. From the physical point of view we can find ourselves from headaches to the appearance of phobias. From the emotional point of view we can find:

-Anxiety in the child.That manifests itself in the lack of school performance and difficulty in maintaining good relations with their peers.

-Low self-esteem. Little or no assessment of themselves.

-Little patience.They have an inability to wait for the 'prizes' they think they deserve.

- They do not tolerate frustration.

- They have afalse sense of privilege.

-Loss of motivationlong term.

Which children suffer from the syndrome of the rich child

It can be thought that this type of syndrome only occurs in upper class families, but this diseaseis not suffered only by rich people.

In middle class families, children are trying to have everything. Great efforts that parents make for their children either to have everything their parents did not have as children, for the guilt of not spending the time they would like with them or to avoid tantrums. The problem comes when children are not aware of this effort