The Week contest: Praising brats

Last week's question: Researchers say that children whose parents constantly tell them they are "special" and better than other kids are more likely to grow up to be narcissists. If you were to write a parenting book that instructed moms and dads how to avoid raising a self-centered brat, what would it be titled?

Click here for the results of last week's contest: Sounds familiar

RESULTS:

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THE WINNER: "Parenting on Less than Five Trophies A Day"

Kristen Pavlik, Eldersburg, Md.

SECOND PLACE: "The Most Unremarkable Baby on the Block"

Lauren Papp, Middleton, Wis.

THIRD PLACE: "You Can't Throw, Your Drawing Sucks, and Other Truisms"

Annette Entin, North Caldwell, N.J.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

"Horton Hears a ‘Who Do You Think You Are?'"

Michael J. Holm, Glendale, Ariz.

"The Humbler Games"

Eric Stagliano, Carrollton, Ga.

"The Ego and the Kid"

Barbara Girling, Somers, N.Y.

"One Dollar Baby"

Jerrod Mason, Tucson, Ariz.

"The Brat in the Hat Isn't All That"

Annette Entin, North Caldwell, N.J.

"Bringing Up What's-His-Name"

Ivan Kershner, Salem, S.C.

"When Helicopter Parenting Becomes Blackhawk Down"

Eric Fromer, Lafayette, Calif.

"Raising Sane"

Joan Temple, Roxbury, Conn.