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Overcompensation is an excessive reaction to a feeling of guilt leading to an exagerrated attempt to overcome the feeling. An overcompensation parent will therefore be one who feels obliged to overcome the guilt feeling they have for not providing the best things for their children by buying for them gifts.
Parents do the best to provide us with all that we ask from them on top of the basic needs of life. Do some parents overcompensate their children? Are you a child who was brought up by overcompensating parents?
Most of the modern day parents overcompensate a lot. They would choose to put in extra hours to receive overtime pay that will help meet their childrens material wants. As for most of the well-to-do parents, they believe that compensating for time meant for bonding with their children with gifts will help keep their children happy.
One child asked their parent…
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