Lenora Thompson is a well known psychology blogger, writer, editor, and graphics designer. Lenora's humorous and sarcastic writing is largely influenced by her personal childhood experience of being brought up by narcissistic parents who "helicoptered" her for over 30 years. Lenora's writing was published by Huffington Post, Psych Central, and many other online media sites and local publications. It is important to remember that Lenora Thompson is not a mental health professional and her pieces of advice on relationship and parenting are her personal opinion.
Narcissism screams from the headlines nowadays. Google searches for “narcissism” have doubled since 2013. Writers hotly debate on the narcissism of each USA presidential candidate. Closer to home, doting parents worry they may unwittingly be raising a narcissist. As a former teenage narcissist and member of a multi-generational narcissistic family, here's a few pointers for how not to raise a narcissist ...
The term “helicopter parenting” was coined in 1969, thirty years after the invention of helicopters in 1939. But the dynamic is as old as the hills. My grandma hovered over my mom and the whop-whop-whop of my parents' chopper blades formed the soundtrack of my life. To helicopter or not to helicopter has been discussed, deliberated and debated. Articles have gone viral. ...
Anxiety disorders are found in children much more often than many people realize; ten to twenty percent of all children ...
Sometimes classroom behavior problems signal giftedness. Brad and Karen were at their wits end. Their grade school children once again ...
Too often, the emotional side of giftedness is overlooked; for all that we laud the intellectual complexity of giftedness, seldom ...
