How To Not Raise An Entitled Brat

When we have children, the hope is that we can raise them to be good humans who respect others, persevere, and work hard. So when your toddler tosses the stuffed animal you offered to buy them because they want to $300 dollar playset instead, parents usually stare at them horror struck and think: Holy crap, I’m raising an entitled brat! Cue the overcrictism of what that means about our parenting and our children. This is when we become hypersensitive to when they’re being particularly demanding. Or we start counting how many times they say please or thank you (or rather noticing how many times they didn’t say it). Suddenly those moments when they refused to share their toy or help their baby brother find his pacifier feel a little more malicious or selfish than we originally thought. It’s honestly a tailspin of worry added on top of all the other things parents tend to worry about. If this is you and you’re worry that you could be possibly raising a child who grows up selfish and you’ll be featured on the next episode of Super Nanny with a miniature tyrant screaming at you between commercial breaks... ...or even if right now your child is super polite and appreciative but you’re still concerned about it anyway- I’m telling you, you’ll leave the conversation feeling so much better, especially with holidays that can be particularly triggering when it comes to gratitude and “being spoiled”. Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Wednesday at 1:30pm ET/ 12:30pm CT/ 10:30am PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices