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Why Is George Cooper A Terrible Person Or Are His Parents To Blame?

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Is Sheldon Lee Cooper a terrible person, or are his parents to blame?

Sheldon Cooper is a fictional character from the hit TV series; Young Sheldon, Sheldon lives the typical 80s kid life, except he doesn't, he's shown to be insanely smart. Rivaling college professors at a young age of 14, and in his final year of highschool. Sheldons family supports the typical lifestyle however, with George Cooper, the father, being a standard highschool football coach, Mary Cooper, the mother, is a heavy Catholic. The kids Missy, Sheldon's twin, and Georgie, the oldest living normal lives as well. But from what we see throughout the series is Sheldon being a tad.. Narcissistic. Which brings up the question, is Sheldon a narcissist from his own actions, …show more content…

Sheldons mother, is shown to constantly dote over Sheldon, even going as far to take his side in fights where he is obviously wrong. Showing that she is clearly babying him when he's around 14 in later seasons. Mary likes to believe that their family is the typical perfect American Texan family, going as far to tell no one she believes Sheldon had Autism as she feared it would damage their reputation and jeopardize her in the church. Mary also started to have fantasies around a certain Pastor Rob when he entered the picture around Season 6. Although George also has his.. Acts. But that's for later. Mary is also seen to be a bit racist around Sheldon's friend Tam, who is Vietnamese-American. All of her behaviors toward Sheldon could’ve molded him in a negative way, causing him to act narcissistic and empathetic because of the way his mother always acted for him and never with …show more content…

In the show he is shown to hold attributes of Autism, a neurological diagnosis in which the brain is rewired and runs differently than someone who doesn’t have Autism. However we know Sheldon doesn’t have Autism as the creators confirmed it, so we know Autism is not the reason for his actions. In the show we see him do many things without thinking, like trying to order Uranium yellow cake from an African warlord in an attempt to make a nuclear reactor. And trying to make rockets in his garage, getting the FBI called on him. We also see that he has no social skills in a sense, he constantly fails to make the call on his response, often saying rash things and making people dislike him, showing he has a lack of social

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