Every parent thinks their child is adorable, but there's a fine line between a cute moment and enabling entitled behaviors in them. While some parents laugh at their child's sassy behavior, others are ...
Some parents find their children's bold declarations and dramatic outbursts endearing or even funny. However, for many who witness these actions, it can make them believe that the parents who allow ...
Ever catch yourself doing something for your kids just to keep the peace or make life easier? Many parents have been there, and sometimes these habits can unintentionally send the wrong message about ...
Am I the only mom who worries I’m raising entitled kids? (Hope not.) When one of my 5 kids casually says, “Just buy another one on Amazon,” or asks, “Can we go to Starbucks again?” I wonder if, in my ...
A few days ago, I was watching the Netflix documentary Operation Varsity Blues, which takes a deep dive into the 2019 college admissions scandal, and I was floored, once again, by the entitlement on ...
Parents generally strive to avoid raising entitled children. But that doesn’t mean they won’t fall into that category themselves. Groner noted that many child-rearers among us believe they and their ...
In the now classic scene from the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Veruca Salt stomps her foot and yells, “I want an Oompa Loompa now!” as her father scrambles to get her one. The more ...
A child therapist shares her personal experience of mistakenly blending gentle parenting with permissive parenting, leading ...
On a recent flight from Dublin to Istanbul, I heard the unmistakable soundtrack to the kids TV show “Bob the Builder” blasting through my noise-canceling earbuds. That’s funny, I thought. My Bob the ...
Remember when flying used to be fun? Once upon a time, air travel didn’t feel like a game of Russian roulette. Planes were ...