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How would you define entitlement to a new teenager? Here, it means a person believing that they or another person deserve certain attitudes, obe-dience, respect, perquisites, and/or freedoms from other people. Do you know someone who has a strong sense of entitlement? Do you? People with little sense of entitlement tend to be passive (unassertive) victims and martyrs. Others with an exaggerated sense of entitlement can be demanding, aggressive, confrontive, controlling, righteous, intrusive, ego-tistic, abusive, self-centered, impatient, defiant, and argumentative. A well-meaning Guardian personality subself that can promote these traits can be called the Entitled One. S/He usually acts to protect (a) the Shamed Child subself, who feels worthless, powerless, and undeserving; and/or (b) the Guilty Child who feels timid, self-doubtful, and anxious about daring to assert opinions, needs, and personal rights and boundaries. In this nonprofit Web site, Project 1 offers effective ways to reduce false-self wounds and harmonize disorganized, distrustful subselves to promote a balanced sense of personal entitlement. Project 2 offers practical ways to identify primary needs and assert them effectively in all social situations. detail / slides / Project-1 guidebook & links / skeptical? / Q&A / close |
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