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cagey ˈkeɪdʒi secretive 用心深い

tolerate = allow

Lavish opp. Meager 惜しげなく

ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt Denigrate 侮辱

One theory is that parents lavish too much praise on their children. The other theory is that children respond with narcissistic behavior when they are denigrated and treated coldly by their parents. 

megalomanic

誇大妄想

manifest = obvious

Nonetheless it is important to recognize exaggerated narcissistic tendencies in your own child and not just because it can be extremely tiring for parents, teachers and others of the same age, if your offspring is constantly manifesting megalomanic and attention-seeking tendencies.

autarky

国の経済的自立 ˈɔːtɑːki

This normal or healthy narcissism helps us to ” develop future scenarios, to believe in themselves and their own value and to [achieve] autarky, that is the ability to develop their own plans and implement them,” psychiatrists Michael Lipp and Anne Karow write in a journal article about narcissism in childhood and adolescence.

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