I wouldn't always jump to the parenting. This is an old thread but reading the new responses I think it's still relavent. Some kids are just evil (I apologize and I use the term loosely). I was a little monster when I was a child. Everything had to be my way or I'd raise hell, and it had nothing to do with what my parents did. It was just the way I was in my head. I grew out of it. Again, it really didn't have anything to do with my parents. I just suddenly started caring about things and people other than myself. Don't just assume the parents haven't tried. Sometimes there's no avoiding a horrible child