Frankly, I think that kind of behavior would be classified as child abuse were it not for the fact so many parents subscribe to it. What this amounts to is "I'm playing popularity games so that my children can, by proxy, play those same games themselves and learn how to play them better."
There's a big difference between teaching socialization skills, which I believe is critically important, and using children as a thinly-veiled justification for your own narcissism.
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There's a big difference between teaching socialization skills, which I believe is critically important, and using children as a thinly-veiled justification for your own narcissism.