Little Emperor Syndrome

Apparently due to the One Child Policy and twenty years of economic growth, only children all over China are growing up to learn that the world doesn’t revolve around them.  This sense of entitlement and “helicopter parenting” has hit Americans too.  What’s our excuse? 

http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2008/09/china-so-many-little-emperors/

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/102/culture-clash.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/business/yourmoney/11wcol.html?_r=1