编辑“公主病”（章节）

==原因==
據推測，該術語起源於亞洲四小龍在亞洲的崛起，其中快速的經濟增長可能導致消費主義或物質主義態度的相應上升以及上層社會對子女的大量投資，他們隨後可能會習慣於物質財富和家庭幫助。<ref>{{cite book |publisher=Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca |date=2012 |title=Empiricism and analytical tools for 21 Century applied linguistics: selected papers from the XXIX International Conference of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics (AESLA)|page=451|isbn=9788490121542}}</ref>

在中國大陸、香港、 澳門和台灣地區，低出生率意味著家庭往往只有獨生子女，這是父母唯一精力的焦點<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/hong-kong-s-low-birth-rate-blamed-women-s-sexual-problems-343 |title=Hong Kong's low birth rate blamed on women's "sexual problems" |last1=Speed |first1=Barbara |date=30 September 2014 |website=CityMetric Horizons |publisher=CityMetric |accessdate=3 October 2014 |archive-date=2018-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225201303/https://www.citymetric.com/horizons/hong-kong-s-low-birth-rate-blamed-women-s-sexual-problems-343 }}</ref>。在中國大陸，由此產生的現象，通常歸因於以前的獨生子女政策，被稱為“小皇帝綜合症”。直升機式育兒和家庭傭工的結合，允許中產階級父母工作，可能會導致他們的孩子被寵壞<ref>{{cite web|last=Wong|first=Bill|title=Monster/Helicopter Parents and Their Children's Independence|url=http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/user_blogs/b/humancalculatorot/archive/2011/02/03/monster-helicopter-parents-and-their-children-s-independence.aspx|accessdate=29 March 2013|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225201300/https://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/user_blogs/b/humancalculatorot/archive/2011/02/03/monster-helicopter-parents-and-their-children-s-independence.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>。香港收入差距的擴大，以及對民主和社會不平等的擔憂，也反映了“精英”階層的看法。<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/28/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-movement-is-about-inequality-the-elite-knows-it |title=Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement is about inequality. The elite knows it |last1=Carroll |first1=Toby |date=28 July 2014 |website=the Guardian |publisher=theguardian.com |accessdate=3 October 2014 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226114604/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/28/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-movement-is-about-inequality-the-elite-knows-it }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-29/hong-kong-poverty-line-shows-wealth-gap-with-one-in-five-poor.html |title=Hong Kong Poverty Line Shows Wealth Gap With One in Five Poor |last1=Hu |first1=Fox |last2=Yun |first2=Michelle |date=30 September 2013 |website=Bloomberg |publisher=Bloomberg |accessdate=3 October 2014 |archive-date=2015-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110031934/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-29/hong-kong-poverty-line-shows-wealth-gap-with-one-in-five-poor.html }}</ref>

此外，東亞的社會流動性主要基於個人和學術成就<ref>{{cite web|title=2009–2010 Hong Kong Policy Address|url=http://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/09-10/chi/p88.html|publisher=Hong Kong SAR Government|accessdate=29 March 2013|archive-date=2021-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127013654/https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/09-10/chi/p88.html}}</ref>。出於這個原因，父母可能會給孩子和他們的老師施加很大的學業壓力，從而對孩子的學業進行微觀管理以取得更高的成績。<ref>{{cite news|last=Tomohiro|first=Osaki|title=Exasperated teacher takes on Japan's 'monster parents'|url=http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/japanese-parents-overprotection-goes-overboard-978148|accessdate=29 March 2013|newspaper=CNN Travel|date=27 January 2011|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225201302/http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/japanese-parents-overprotection-goes-overboard-978148/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754#:KWJrenP7rkLa0A|title=Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior|last=Chua|first=Amy|date=2011-01-08|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-05-04|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225201304/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754#:KWJrenP7rkLa0A}}</ref>