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Little sister making Machiavellian plays for affection, reports daughter
home from college
September 23, 2008 | Issue 5-24
From jumping on furniture to throwing seedless grapes, McGeary says it is clear
that Kiley, 5, is entrenching herself into a competition for dominance of
attention in order to win the most adoration from her parents, Cliff and Anna
McGeary.
“Look at her now,” said Grace McGeary, gesturing toward her younger sister
happily playing with a stuffed white horse. “She’s clearly attempting a power
play through symbolism. Who would ride a white horse? A prince perhaps? Gee, any
connection to Machiavelli there? Could she be more transparent in her
manipulative attempts to rise to power in this family?”
Grace McGeary also identifies her younger sister’s deceptive nature, pointing
out Kiley’s propensity to lie about her culpability when it comes to broken
household items and her likely lies over whether or not she brushed her teeth
before getting in bed.
“Last night I know Kiley didn’t wash her hands before dinner, but she told mom
and dad she did,” Grace McGeary said. “Talk about your classic neo-Machiavellian
pattern of manipulative behavior.”
Grace McGeary believes her sister’s fawce-laden attempts at sibling power stem
from jealousy over her own talent as an artist.
“My little sister just doesn’t know how to react to my abstract pieces,” said
McGeary. “I think that is why she turns to this Machiavellian method of
commandeering attention.”
Suggestions from parents and friends that the 19-year-old student may simply
harbor resentment toward her younger sister have been met with opposition by
Grace McGeary, who states she would have no reason to be predisposed to
resenting the sister who came along and required the lion’s share of her
parents’ attention during her formative teenage years.
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