katydid23
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right--her upbringing was not that "bad" compared to many - everything is relative. I just can imagine she was not cherished or encouraged or given much positive attention. her lack of self respect probably comes from parents not respecting her or teaching her self respect or modeling self respect.
Maybe they were not encouraging or nurturing. OR MAYBE they were, and she was just a born sociopath so it didn't affect her either way.
I worked in the school system for years. I saw plenty of loving parents with a couple of great kids and one sociopath and/or narcissistic jerky kid.
And, I saw plenty of rotten parents, non-nurturing, selfish types, who were blessed with amazingly wonderful children.
Sometimes I think 'you are who you are'---for the most part. Family circumstances certainly add or subtract something. But some kids shine through in spite of rotten parenting while some kids fail at life, in spite of great parenting.