The Family Teams Podcast

How To Not Raise Entitled Kids (No Matter How Much you Bless Them)

Jul 4, 2025
Navigating parenting in an affluent world can breed entitlement in children. Discover a countercultural approach that ensures your kids remain humble and grateful. The hosts share humorous insights into the sacrifices parents make and the transformative power of embracing parenthood. Using visual metaphors like the Sea of Galilee versus the Dead Sea, they provide practical strategies to cultivate selflessness. This enlightening discussion encourages families to foster multi-generational values, enhancing responsibility and maturity in kids.
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INSIGHT

Parenthood Fights Entitlement

  • Parenthood is God's curriculum for selflessness, counteracting entitlement naturally.
  • Embracing early family building helps children mature rapidly into selfless adults.
ANECDOTE

Parenthood’s Relentless Demands

  • Parenthood is relentless work involving constant sacrifice with little rest or holidays.
  • This work naturally shifts self-focus to others, which combats entitlement effectively.
ADVICE

Cultivate Pro-family Culture

  • Create a family culture that expects and celebrates early marriage and parenthood.
  • Offer support conditioned on helping your children build families, not avoiding them.
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