User blog:EvilLamp/Important Notice About "Spoilt Brats"

just a blog to remind fellow users that "Spoiled Brats" should NEVER be added to characters that display clear signs of mental or emotional imbalance (sociopaths, psychopaths etc).. these characters can not control their behaviors and thus come off as being "brats" to others (such as flying into tantrums, demanding lots of attention and praise, wanting many gifts and so on)..

they are NOT actual "brats" however, their behavior isn't due to being "spoiled" but due to the simple fact they can not properly register either their own actions or those of others around them - it has nothing to do with upbringing and many adult characters that act like "spoiled brats" are disqualified because adults that act like "brats" (with rare exceptions) are clearly not functioning as adults and thus have either mental/emotional imbalances or are regressed in mental maturity (someone can be well into their 20s and still be emotionally at the stage of a 10 year old).

a "brat" is a child that is given everything by their parents, rarely disciplined and often either very wealthy or simply in a position of having everything from an early age.. they stop being "brats" at around the end of the "teenage" years, as stated above if they don't mature by 18 or over they have developed emotional or developmental problems UNLESS they have been sheltered for many years (like, say, a very rich character or a monarch) and thus never needed to grow out of the "brat" mentality.

so, please, think clearer when added "brat" to a character.. it isn't a category to slap on any character you deem to have "brat" qualities, it has to carry the "bratty behavior is a product of upbringing" with it as well.